Bespoke Members
Introduction
Childhood anxiety problems are common and can run a chronic course if left untreated. Brief therapist guided, parent-led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) (i.e., where a therapist empowers the parent/carer to learn and apply CBT techniques with their child) is an efficient way to increase access to evidence-based treatment for affected families.
The event will be equivalent to 5.1/2hrs of CPD.
Content
This workshop aims to provide an overview of brief therapist guided, parent-led CBT for child anxiety problems and outline how to address common challenges therapists face delivering this approach. Common challenges include:
Engaging parents in the treatment model
Managing parents’ differences of opinion about their nature of their child’s difficulties
Working collaboratively with parents to support them to design exposures that effectively test children’s fears (even when families are living in challenging circumstances).
This workshop will also provide an overview of recent developments of brief therapist guided, parent-led CBT approaches, including online modalities and developments for a wider range of mental health difficulties.
Learning Objectives
• To understand the therapist guided, parent-led CBT treatment model.
• To develop an understanding of common challenges that may be encountered whilst empowering parents to engage in a parent-led treatment for childhood anxiety problems.
• To develop skills in overcoming common challenges whilst adhering to the treatment model.
• To share experiences and learning with other attendees.
Training Modalities
Presentation, role play videos, live demo, interactive elements (e.g., polls/mentimeter), Q&A.
Key References
Creswell, C., Chessell, C., & Halliday, G. (2023). Parent-led cognitive behaviour therapy for child anxiety problems: overcoming challenges to increase access to effective treatment. Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy, 51(6), 512-532.
Creswell, C., Parkinson, M., Thirlwall, K., & Willetts, L. (2019). Parent-led CBT for child anxiety: Helping parents help their kids. Guilford Publications.
Thirlwall, K., Cooper, P. J., Karalus, J., Voysey, M., Willetts, L., & Creswell, C. (2013). Treatment of child anxiety disorders via guided parent-delivered cognitive–behavioural therapy: Randomised controlled trial. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 203(6), 436-444.
About the presenter
Professor Cathy Creswell is the Paul Foundation Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford and leads The Oxford Psychological Interventions for Children and adolescents (TOPIC) research group. Cathy has developed, evaluated, and implemented brief therapist guided, parent-led CBT for child anxiety problems and has extensive experience in training others to deliver this approach. Cathy’s research focuses on the development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety problems in children and young people, with the ultimate aim of improving access to and outcomes from psychological interventions for affected children and their families.
Dr Chloe Chessell is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner in the TOPIC group at the University of Oxford. Chloe has extensive experience delivering brief therapist guided, parent-led CBT treatments for children with anxiety problems and OCD and training others to deliver these approaches. Chloe’s research interests focus on the development, evaluation, and implementation of brief therapist guided, parent-led CBT approaches in routine mental healthcare settings.
Who should attend
This workshop is aimed at clinicians, trainers, and supervisors with some experience of working with parents to deliver CBT for anxiety problems in preadolescent children.