Supporting Parents to be the Best Resource for Their Children

Jenny Brown will introduce The Parent Hope Project, a clinical intervention for parents to improve parent confidence and outcomes for struggling children. This conference will present the research and theory that has shaped a new manualized program. It will present data on parent and child outcomes from a program that aims to promote parent self-discovery, redirect anxious energy away from the child, and reduce their reliance on outside experts. For more info: Living Systems Counselling and Training.

Learning objectives:

• Understanding symptom development in children using a Bowen family systems lens.

• Understanding the child’s triangle with parents and the common parent-style tensions in reaction to a vulnerable child.

• Considering the similarities and differences of this approach with other theories about parents and symptomatic children.

• Looking at case examples of Dr. Brown’s work using the Parent Hope program.