Parenting is hard job! That is why many parents from time to time need support and some professional advice and guidance.

I offer the following services for parents:

Parent Feedback Sessions

Parent Feedback Sessions are usually conducted as a part of child/adolescent therapy or assessment. They are dedicated to informing parents about child’s therapy/assessment progress as well as to allowing parents to express any concerns and share any observations regarding their child’s behavior at school and/or home. Also, these sessions often include elements of Parent Counseling where the suggestions are made as to what strategies parent(s) could use at home for their child’s better progress.

Parent Counseling

Parent Counseling sessions aim at providing parents with advice and direct guidance as to what strategies could be used at home and/or school to help resolve issues of concern regarding their child. Also, these sessions often involve psychoeducating parent(s) about specific aspects of child development and brain functioning.

Parent Training

Parent Training (PT) is a family of treatment programs that aims to change parenting behaviors. It mainly uses active skills acquisition mechanisms such as modeling, role playing, rehearsing, and practicing.

Parent Training is one of the most investigated treatments available for pre-school and school-age children’s behavior problems (such as aggression, hyperactivity, temper tantrums, and difficulty following directions). It was also found to be effective for improving parental mental health and reducing parenting stress.

Parent – Child Therapy

Parent – Child Therapy aims at improving the quality of parent – child relationships by increasing positive parent – child interactions and emotional communication. It involves parent – child sessions (usually play sessions) where the parent practices previously instructed communication skills which also require the development of new ways of understanding their child’s behavior and mental world. The parent – child sessions are video recorded and may take place at the psychological centre or at home. The parent is then given feedback on the in-session performance by reviewing and discussing selected parts of the joint session’s video recording.

This type of intervention is often used in conjunction with Parent Training, especially for treatment of children’s behavioral problems which are associated with high levels of parent – child conflict.

Research found this type of intervention to be effective for decreasing internalizing (e.g. fears, anxiety, low mood) and externalizing (e.g. oppositional, disruptive, and oppositional behavior) symptoms in children, as well as for decreasing parenting stress.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.