How to BE vs how to DOĪ psychologist can give educational advice - this is like handing out a toolbox. It is about better understanding their child’s and their own functioning, on a psychological level, in order to improve the parent-child relationship. The psychologist provides the parents with a space in which to think about parenthood and the specificities of their relationship with their child. What does interactive parental guidance involve? A collaborationįirst and foremost, interactive parental guidance is a process of collaboration: parents are considered to be co-therapists in working towards resolving their child’s difficulties. Provide better support to the child and their difficulties and enable them to flourish.What is the purpose of parental guidance? Events internal to the family such as bereavement, mental illness, adoption, academic failings, sibling rivalry, disability, high intelligence.Events external to the family such as abuse of a child.Ongoing family crisis such as separation, divorce, disclosure of a family secret, family restructuring.Disciplinary difficulties such as problems of parental authority, difficulties encountered by a single parent.Difficulties encountered by the child whether they be emotional, social, physical, behavioural or educational. It involves giving help and support to parents regarding issues such as: Parental guidance is offered independently or alongside child psychotherapy. How can individuals’ needs be met fairly within the family dynamic? How can we give our children the skills they need to flourish? How can we provide clear and consistent discipline? How can we manage our children’s’ moods along with our own responses? There are so many questions that parents have to face and they are often left not knowing which way to turn. We learn through experience with our children.īeing a parent is not always an easy task and every parent has their moments of self-doubt. No, parenting cannot be learnt from books. Through our work, we often hear parents expressing their despair that "there’s no book to teach you how to be a parent". One is not born a mother or father, but rather becomes one
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