Sissy Goff on Why We Should Name Our Worries (Type 1)
Typology
Ian Morgan Cron
4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
As the director of adolescent counseling at Daystar Counseling in Nashville, TN, Sissy Goff has seen first-hand how anxious behavior in children has been fueled by unrealistic social expectations.
But according to Goff, one way to address that worry in kids is by teaching them self-talk: “I have them give the worry a name, because we all think of the voice in the back of our head as truth until we learn differently. And so to separate it out. I'll call it the worry monster. I have one girl who named her’s, Bob. But adolescents come up with their own names. [So they can say] I'm not listening to you. You're always wrong. You always make me feel incapable.”
This week, we talk to Sissy Goff about how being an Enneagram 1 helps her in her work with young girls.
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Sissy Goff, MEd, LPC-MHSP, spends most of her days counseling girls and their families alongside her assistant/pet therapist, Lucy the Havanese. Sissy serves as the director of child and adolescent counseling for Daystar Counseling Ministries(Nashville, TN) where she has worked with girls and their families for more than 25 years.
Check out her book, Raising Worry-Free Girls: Helping Your Daughter
Feel Braver, Stronger, and Smarter in an Anxious World.
To learn more about Sissy Goff, follow her on Instagram, or visit her website.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks and welcome to typology the show on which we explore the story of you through |
| 0:09.0 | the lens of the any gram my name is Anthony Skinner your co-host so happy to be here with |
| 0:13.5 | you and glad that you are here with us. |
| 0:16.0 | Got a great show for you today. |
| 0:18.1 | We have one of our faves a Nash Villian here with us today, Sissy Gough. |
| 0:23.4 | Sissy serves as the director of child and adolescent counseling for day star counseling |
| 0:28.8 | ministries right here as I said in Nashville Tennessee where she's worked with girls and |
| 0:33.6 | their families for over 25 years and she has a brand new book raising worry free girls |
| 0:39.6 | helping your daughter feel braver stronger and smarter and an anxious world. |
| 0:45.0 | This is a fantastic book for parents of girls of all ages. |
| 0:49.8 | We get into all kinds of topics today. |
| 0:52.1 | Obviously we're talking about Sissy's specialty but we also get into the any gram of course |
| 0:57.3 | as this is an any gram show. |
| 0:59.5 | We talk about her number how it works itself out in her daily life and in her career. |
| 1:05.4 | Lots of gold and them their hills today for you all who are here with us now. |
| 1:11.5 | So glad you're on board without any further ado let me introduce the host of our show Ian |
| 1:16.2 | Cron. |
| 1:17.2 | Hey everybody we have an exciting show for you today I want you to welcome to typology |
| 1:32.8 | my new friend Sissy Gough author of the new book raising worry free girls helping your |
| 1:37.9 | daughter feel braver stronger and smarter in an anxious world. |
| 1:42.6 | Sissy welcome to the show. |
| 1:44.2 | Thank you so much for having me Ian. |
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