What is Child Parent Relationship Therapy?
Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) is a 10-session model to support parents in their relationship with their children. Parents receive the opportunity to learn and understand the language of play, while the therapist supports the parents in providing a nurturing and strength focused environment for their children.
Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT)
Strengthening positive communication and interactions between parents and children is an important part of CPRT. Parents learn and explore strategies that supports their child’s ability to regulate their emotions. The child’s cues, verbal and non-verbal are explored in a playful manner, while parents can practice reflective listening skills while also building their child’s emotional vocabulary.
The therapist collaborates with the parents and provides them with information on how to set limits (when necessary) and utilize principals of play therapy. Parents will also engage in at-home sessions while learning how to provide a suitable space where their child will find safety to explore their own emotions, relationship with their parents and the world around them. This naturally enhances the child’s self-esteem as well as the parent’s confidence. Parents find over time their child’s feelings of anxiety and disruptive behaviours decrease as these new skills strengthen.
Each child and parent are unique in their experiences which include and are not limited to presenting concerns, family structures, strengths, and struggles. As a result, more sessions may be needed.
