Emotion Focused Family Therapy for Parents of Children With Mental Health Difficulties

Recruiting N/A Interventional Study
Anxiety Depression Behavior Problem
No Placebo Group Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
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At a Glance
Age
7 – 15
Sex
Any
Study type
Interventional
Purpose
Treatment
Participants needed
200 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of Guelph · Other
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About This Trial
Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is a promising intervention that aims to teach parents advanced skills to support their child's development of emotion skills and increase their adaptive behaviours, potentially leading to improvements in their child's psychological functioning and family functioning more broadly. This randomized controlled trial (RCT; EFFT vs waitlist control) will (1) test …
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Parent of child aged 7 to 15 years old with anxiety, depression, or behavioural challenges * Parent of child is willing to participate in intervention * Parent is living at home with the child Exclusion Criteria: * Parent or child not proficient enough in speaking/understand…
Contacts

Kristel Thomassin, Ph.D

519-824-4120

kristel.thomassin@uoguelph.ca

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Jessica A Seddon, MSc

jseddon@uoguelph.ca

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