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Parent-Led Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (P-CBT)


Parents can play a strong role in helping their children overcome anxiety and related disorders—given the right tools. P-CBT is an innovative, research-based approach designed to teach parents cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to use with young children aged 4- to 12-years-old. Working 1:1 with a psychologist you will learn skills to promote children's flexible thinking and independent problem solving, help them face specific fears, and tackle accompanying difficulties, such as sleep problems and school refusal. This approach is intended to be provided to parents directly via face-to-face office visits and over the phone, thus eliminating the need for the child to be seen in therapy. As a result, interventions can be provided at a faster pace and in fewer sessions, allowing this process to be highly efficient. The founders of this approach state, "The form of treatment we have developed has major cost advantages over the standard CBT treatments. It involves under five and a half hours of therapist time with just four face to face appointments. Furthermore, the treatment is conducted entirely with parents thereby minimizing the disruption to normal child activities, such as going to school, attending after school clubs and being with friends."

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Topics covered in P-CBT treatment include:
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​-What is anxiety? -a scientific look at what happens when we get anxious 
-Why is my child anxious? -the causal and maintenance factors of anxiety
-What is cognitive-behaviour therapy and how can it help reduce anxiety in youth?
-Promoting independence
-Promoting helpful thinking and attitudes
-Engaging in brave behaviours (exposure therapy)
-Problem Solving
-Mindfulness
-Behavioural Activation
-Emotion regulation
-Use of rewards and other methods to encourage adaptive actions
-Promoting healthy childhoods via sleep, exercise, nutrition, friendships and more
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​For more information about this approach outlined in a recent study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, please read the following article: Parent Led CBT Can Lessen Anxiety in Kids

And you can read a summary of this approach in the 2019 summer edition of the BC Psychologist:
  
https://issuu.com/bcpsychologist/docs/summer2019web/14

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