Daniel Flint Ph.D.

About

Daniel Flint, Ph.D., is a pediatric psychologist at Texas Children's Hospital and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine. He specializes in the treatment of child and adolescent eating disorders. His clinical interests lie in family-based treatment, third-wave behavior therapies, and eating and anxiety disorders. Daniel is passionate about accessible mental healthcare for children, mechanisms of therapeutic change, and dissemination of empirically-supported psychoeducation.

Recent Posts

Why You Can’t Cope Your Way Out of Anxiety

If coping skills remain our approach to anxiety management after months of treatment, then we’re putting a band-aid on a wound that requires stitches.

Stop Using “Good” and “Bad” to Describe Emotions

People have created inappropriate categories for their emotions, and while the "good" category seems awfully limited, the "bad" grows daily.

The Importance of Process vs. Outcome Compliments for Kids

Why thinking twice about praising performance outcomes—and turning attention to the process instead—will help your child develop resilience and self-esteem.

What Does It Mean to Externalize a Mental Illness?

Personal Perspective: Psychological diagnoses are often perceived as tightly bound to someone's very humanity. Externalization separates the two and brings positive outcomes.

How to Talk to Kids About Anxiety

It's so tough to know where to start when we notice a child struggling with anxiety. These five tips can go a long way to help.

The COVID-19 Child Mental Health Pandemic

Research on child mental health outcomes resulting from pandemic measures is yet to be fully determined. An expert child psychologist weighs in with her insight.

The Trouble with Helicopter, Lawnmower, and Tiger Parents

Raised by a helicopter parent? Worried you might be one yourself? Empirical evidence suggests a motivation for over-parenting and describes outcomes for children.

6 Surprising Findings About Temper Tantrums

Struggling to understand a child's temper tantrums? These research findings may offer some helpful insight.

10 Questions for When Your Teen Starts Dating

Open-ended questions can start a non-judgmental dialogue about dating.

Loneliness, COVID-19 Media Coverage, and Teen Mental Health

Recently published research has found that for adolescents, both loneliness and exposure to media reporting on COVID-19 were associated with depression and suicidal ideation.