The Parent Hope Project

The Parent Hope Manualised Clinical Intervention is designed to improve treatment outcomes for children and young people experiencing mild to complex mental health presentations by engaging parents as active participants in change.

Rather than directing parents how to manage their child, the intervention facilitates greater awareness of relationship patterns, helping parents develop their own agency, clarity and capacity to influence family functioning. It is not directed at fixing the child, instead, clinicians guide parents to observe interactions, reflect on what is within their control, and experiment with meaningful changes in themselves.

The program has 6 sessions and an optional introductory session and review session 1 month following the program.

The Introductory session:

The introductory session is about tracking significant events in the life of your larger family system on a timeline and creating a family diagram. Zooming out to see some of the larger family story can be useful to hold in awareness as the 6 sessions following zoom in to specific interactions between family members. 

Sessions 1-3

The first 3 sessions are about stepping back from an anxious focus on a child, simply observing family interaction patterns more clearly and understanding how stress and reactivity circulate in relationships. 

Sessions 4-6

The next 3 sessions are about continuing to observe specific interaction patterns and experiment with making adjustments to strengthen thoughtful leadership and connection and support responsibility and independence in your child. 

Review Session

This session, conducted 1 month after completing the program, is often a helpful way for parents to reflect and consolidate their learning, see what has been working well so far and where they would like to continue to make meaningful efforts to their family functioning.

Should you like to book some sessions, there is a parent manual available for purchase ($18.99) here. Each session is 1 hour and is $150/session.