Parents are empowered

We help parents put into practice many of the things they already know about how to parent effectively and manage their children’s behaviour.  We support parents by modelling parenting skills and ways of being with children.  We can help you become more effective teaching and/or fine tuning your behaviour management.

We help parents understand children and their perspective on the world

In doing so, we deepen parents’ understanding of how to work effectively with their children. So not only do parents become more successful with their parenting, they also grow closer to their children as a result of this process.

We focus on strengthening and deepening the parent-child bond

This connection between you and your child is one of the key foundations of parenting. Building a strong, loving and functional connection with your children in the early years will be very helpful for when your child reaches the teenage years.

Empowering parents: Filial Therapy – when parents assist directly in their child’s therapy

We can teach parents how to enrich, enhance and deepen the parent-child bond through Filial Therapy. In Filial Therapy, parents are taught how to participate in and set up special, weekly, therapy-strength playtimes.

Parents use specifically learnt and systematic skills during Filial Therapy playtimes. Supporting parents to feel empowered and to improve/refine their parenting skills. Every family is unique, so training and supervision is tailored to the needs of each family.

Filial Therapy develops the quality of the parent-child relationship. The one-on-one quality time you spend playing in this way will strengthen and deepen your bond with your child.

Filial Therapy’s benefits extend long after therapy is over.  “……The most important aspect of Filial Therapy is that the program focuses on the relationship between parent and child. It is this relationship, which will continue long after the professionals are out of the picture, and it is the positive changes in the interaction cycle that are healing….” (Pernet, K. , Play Therapy Vol. 6, Issue 3, September 2011).  This close relationship is the foundation will help you when you navigate the potentially tricky teenage years.

Filial Therapy is an investment. The parent-child relationship is an important and powerful force in a child’s life. This relationship is the bedrock that sets the stage for the child’s future ability to cope with crises and provides a template for how children interact with other people and with life in general. It can help your child work through and heal from current issues.

Filial Therapy may help your child with a very wide variety of issues: ring us or email to talk about how this can apply to your specific situation.