To be used in conjunction with section 5.3a of the guide
Questions for exploring the home environment
- How does anxiety present for you in the home?
- What challenges do you experience? (consider sensory sensitivities, communication with partner/children, care, planning, emotional control, task initiation, flexible thinking).
- Does this ever lead to distress? (e.g., feeling angry, upset, shutdown, meltdown).
- What does that look like? (describe what is happening in the mind and body in that moment).
- Tell me about a time when this happened.
- What exactly happened, what did you do, and to whom? (this can include abusive behaviours (verbal abuse, physical abuse), self-harm, or non-abusive behaviours).
- Does your partner know what this looks like?
- Do your children know what this looks like?
- What do they say/do when this happens?