This book gives a complete overview of the theory, practice, and research of an emotion-centered, humanistic approach to supporting the parents of individuals who struggle with any mental health challenge. The book conveys an unyielding belief in parents’ motivation and ability to heal the parent-child relationship and help their child (young, adolescent, or adult child) […]
Angry Kids, Angry Parents: Understanding and Working with Anger in Your Family
Written by Anne Hilde Vassbø Hagen, cand.psychol, and Joanne Dolhanty, PhD Published by the American Psychological Association Psychologists Anne Hilde Vassbø Hagen and Joanne Dolhanty explain everything you need to know about your child’s anger and how to manage it. Anger can be normal and healthy when it enables us to stand up for ourselves […]
Emotion Focused Skills Training Video Series
In this video,Dr. Joanne Dolhanty and Anne Hilde Vassbø Hagen discuss how skills from emotion focused therapy can be used to help caregivers deal with both their children’s emotions and their own. In the featured demonstration, Dr. Dolhanty works with a caregiver as they explore and identify emotional blocks in order to allow the client […]
Emotion Focused Podcast – #10 I eat my feelings
‘Yummy foods and starvation are like taking a good strong dose of pain medicine.’ Joanne Dolhanty talks about an emotion focused perspective to understanding eating disorders. Dr Joanne Dolhanty is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist based in Toronto, Canada and co-developer of the Emotion Focused Therapy approach to working with eating disorders.
Emotion Focused Podcast – #04 Who’s the boss?
Are you emotionally a lion or a lamb? And how can you best use your characteristic way of being as a parent? Joanne Dolhanty describes an Emotion Focused approach to parenting. Dr Joanne Dolhanty is a supervising and consulting Clinical Psychologist who provides Emotion Focused teaching to parents and professionals worldwide. She is the developer […]
The effects of emotion-focused skills training on parental mental health, emotion regulation and self-efficacy: Mediating processes between parents and children
Authors: Ansar, N., Nissen Lie, H. A., & Stiegler, J. R. (2023). Publication: Psychotherapy Research, 34(4), 518–537. Objective: Emotion-Focused Skills Training (EFST) is a short-term parental intervention based on humanistic principles. While studies have demonstrated the efficacy of EFST in alleviating child mental health symptoms, the mechanisms by which this happens is less clear. The present study […]