A six-week group program of emotion focused family therapy for parents of children with mental health challenges: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with mental health difficulties are at increased risk of many adverse psychological, academic, and social outcomes. Emotion regulation is a key transdiagnostic factor in the development and maintenance of mental health challenges. Parents and the family system (e.g., parental functioning, parenting, parent-child relationship) play a central role in children's development of emotion regulation and, in turn, their mental health. Therefore, continued efforts are needed to understand the effectiveness of emotion-focused treatments for child mental health difficulties, particularly those that include a family-based approach. Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is an intervention for parents of children with mental health difficulties that teaches parents advanced s

SUBMITTER: Seddon JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11829464 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature