Introduction to Filialesque Therapy - Teaching Parents to be the Therapeutic Agent in the time of Telehealth

Karen Wolfe, LMFT

Training Description

Filial therapy is based on the evidence that teaching parents and caregivers child-centered play therapy skills improves difficult behaviors and increases bonding and attachment in families. This interactive training will give an overview of how to teach these skills to parents/caregivers over Telehealth in order to improve communication between children and families, support strengthening the attachment bond between children and parents/caregivers, and as an accessible strategy for parents and caregivers to use with children in the foster care system or with a history of trauma for restoring developmentally appropriate functioning and emotional health. Parents/Caregivers are always a child’s most important relationship, and especially during this time of Telehealth during a pandemic, teaching them how to be therapeutic agent in their child’s life is of the utmost importance..

Learning Objective

• Learn the 4 Filial skills of structuring, empathic listening, fantasy/role play, and setting limits

• Be able…