ACT strategies for working with parents | Evelyn Gould and Lisa Coyne

This two-part lesson is an excerpt from Empowering Parents with ACT - a self-paced online course with Dr. Evelyn Gould and Dr. Lisa Coyne.
In the first part of the video, Dr. Gould discusses how parents get stuck in rigid, ineffective parenting strategies and how you can help them respond more flexibly using acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). In the second part, Dr. Coyne conducts a role play demonstrating how you might use ACT in conversation with a parent.
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In this video, you’ll learn:
• How you can use ACT to help caregivers take a more flexible approach to parenting
• Strategies for helping parents become more open to trying new things through curiosity and willingness
• How you can use ACT to help parents transform moments of uncertainty into opportunity
• A way clinicians might unknowingly get themselves and parents stuck -- and how to avoid it
• What ACT-based principles look like in action within the context of a role-play session
Empowering Parents with ACT presents a powerful ACT-based approach to supporting caregivers. This compassionate and responsive approach is ideal for anyone who works with families, including those raising children with mental health issues, autism, physical or developmental differences, chronic health issues, and other challenges.
After completing this course, you’ll know how to better equip caregivers with the principles-based skills they’ll need to successfully navigate parenting challenges throughout the course of their child’s development - so their entire family can grow and thrive.
Join the waitlist and be the first to know when the course reopens! Sign up here: actwithparents...