Parents
General Information
Parenting is a hard job! That is why many parents from time to time need support and some professional advice and guidance to better understand their child’s needs and manage challenges more effectively.
I offer a range of supportive services for parents, tailored to their child’s developmental, emotional, and behavioural needs.
Parent Feedback Sessions
Parent Feedback Sessions are usually conducted as part of a child or adolescent’s therapy or assessment. These sessions provide parents with updates on their child’s progress and offer space to share concerns and observations from home and/or school. They often include elements of parent counselling, with practical guidance and strategies parents can use at home to support their child’s progress.
Parent Counseling
Parent counselling focuses on providing parents with professional guidance and practical advice on how to manage specific concerns related to their child. It also supports families during periods of adjustment, such as divorce or separation, relocation to another country, bereavement, or other significant life changes. Sessions may include psychoeducation on child development, emotional functioning, and brain development, helping parents better understand their child’s behaviour, emotional responses, and needs.
Parent Training
Parent Training (PT) is a structured, evidence-based intervention aimed at improving parenting skills and changing unhelpful parenting patterns. It involves active skill-building techniques such as modelling, role play, rehearsal, and practice.
Parent Training is one of the most well-researched interventions for behavioural difficulties in preschool and school-aged children, including aggression, hyperactivity, temper tantrums, and difficulties following rules or instructions. Research has also shown it to be effective in reducing parenting stress and improving parental well-being.
Parent–Child Therapy
Parent–Child Therapy aims to strengthen the parent–child relationship by increasing positive interactions and improving emotional communication. Sessions typically involve structured parent–child play, during which parents practise specific communication and interaction skills while developing a deeper understanding of their child’s emotional world.
Sessions may take place at the psychological centre or at home and are video recorded. Parents receive feedback by reviewing selected parts of the recordings together with the therapist. Parent–Child Therapy is often used alongside Parent Training, particularly in cases involving high levels of parent–child conflict.
Research has shown this approach to be effective in reducing both internalising difficulties (such as anxiety, fears, and low mood) and externalising difficulties (such as oppositional or disruptive behaviours) in children, as well as decreasing parenting stress.