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 […]
Efficacy of Emotion-Focused Parenting Programs for Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Study
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 […]