Authors: Ansar, N., Nissen Lie, H. A., Zahl-Olsen, R., Bertelsen, T. B., Elliott, R., & Stiegler, J. R. (2022). Publication: Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 51(6), 923–939. Objective Emotion-Focused Skills Training (EFST) is a 12-week parental program based on Emotion-Focused Therapy, developed to improve children and adolescents’ mental health problems. Methods In a randomized […]
Parenthood—Lost and Found: Exploring Parents’ Experiences of Receiving a Program in Emotion Focused Skills Training
Author: Ansar N, Hjeltnes A, Stige SH, Binder P-E and Stiegler JRPublication: Front. Psychol., 02 June 2021 (Volume 12) – Sec. Psychology for Clinical Settings Background: Parents play a crucial role in the development, maintenance, and deterioration of child difficulties. Emotion focused skills training (EFST) targets parents’ capacity to provide their child with emotion-oriented skills in […]
Effectiveness of emotion focused skills training for parents: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in specialist mental health care
Authors: Linda Severinsen, Jan Reidar Stiegler, Helene Amundsen Nissen‑Lie, Ben Shahar and Rune Zahl‑Olsen Publication: BMC Psychiatry – July 2022 Background Emotion-Focused Skills Training (EFST) is a newly developed manualized skill training program for parents to strengthen emotional bonds between parents and children and improve mental health outcomes in children. Results from several preliminary trials […]
Emotion-focused skills training for parents with anxious children. A pilot study
Authors: Rune Zahl-Olsen PhD, Linda Severinsen PhD, Candidate, Ben Shahar PhD, Jan Reidar Stiegler PhD, Thomas Bjerregaard Bertelsen PhD Publications: Journal of Marital And Family Therapy – April 2023 Anxiety disorders are common among children and adolescents. Effective treatments exist, but meta-analyses indicate that 40% of children continue to have significant symptoms posttreatment. Alternative therapeutic […]