Many years ago, early in my clinical training, a couple brought their 7-year-old daughter to see me. The parents were perplexed. The girl, whom I'll call Emily, was rambunctious at home, but would ...

All about anxiety disorder that makes kids go silent in specific social situations Belle* is six years old. Like many children, she is a playful and often boisterous child at home with her family.

'"Why don't you ever speak?" Why does it bother you why I never speak? Is what I wanted to call back, only I couldn't. The words were there, but buried deep, stuck in my throat like a dry bone and no ...

A child therapist in the south of England is calling for more understanding of selective mutism and its wider impacts. Lucy Nathanson is a specialist on selective mutism and is on a mission to raise ...

Daisy-Mae is talkative at home with her mum but unable to speak or interact with others outside of the home When Daisy-Mae was growing up her family thought she was just shy, but her crippling silence ...

The question came from the worried kindergarten director at Littlehampton Primary School and Preschool in the Adelaide Hills. “That’s when I said to her, ‘Look, I think you’ve got me confused with ...

Belle* is six years old. Like many children, she is a playful and often boisterous child at home with her family. Unlike many children, she has an anxiety disorder which renders her speechless and ...

Children with selective mutism do not speak at school or in other public places where others might hear them, or they speak only in a barely audible whisper. These children speak freely and easily, ...

A child therapist in the south of England is calling for more understanding of selective mutism, external and its wider impacts. Lucy Nathanson is a specialist on selective mutism and is on a mission ...

A young girl has told of her heart-breaking struggle with selective mutism which means she is only capable of talking to three people in the world. Daisy-Mae Mead, 12, lives with her mum Louise and is ...