Parent-Focused Child Psychiatry 
 

Child-Centered Parent Training Curriculum

Dr. Adena Blickstein MD, MPH

 

 

Level I - Start Date November 14th 2023 $300 off if registration by October 31st 

 

 

**Session 1: Introduction to Child-Centered Parenting**

-   Welcome and introductions- Confidentiality, camera on

• Overview of Child-Centered Parenting (CCP) 

• What is Parenting? What is the Role of A Parent?

• How Does one become an outcome-independent parent? 

 

**Session 2: Skill Building: Building a Healthy Parent-Child Relationship

• How do you Rate your Relationship with your Child?

• What does a healthy relationship look like? - The Cycle of Harmony, Disharmony and Repair 

• Skill: Emotional Decoding, Active Listening 

• Role Play 

• Homeplay 

 

**Session 3: Whose Problem is it? Parenting Effectiveness Training Readings

• Over-ownership of Problems

• Skill: Healthy Expression of Anger Towards Kids

• Holding in Stress and Resentment 

• Role-play and case studies for practical application

 

**Session 4: Authoritarian vs. Permissive and the illusion of Parental Control 

• How can we move beyond control to development of true intimacy 

• The role of Individuation 

• Skill- Understanding our Narcissistic Ways and why they are ineffective and harmful 

 

 

**Session 5: The Parental God-Complex

• Parents are Human Beings Too

• How to express our feelings without emotional dumping?

• What is the difference between guilt and responsibility?

 

**Session 6: Sharing Wins!

• Reassessing the Relationship 

• Review of Feedback Surveys 

• Takeaways

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