Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT)

What is CPRT?

CPRT is a parenting training model that is based on the premise that a secure parent-child relationship is the essential factor for a child’s well-being. In CPRT, parents are taught specific skills grounded in the principles of play therapy that that focus on enhancing a secure attachment with your child. These skills help parents attune and respond to your child's underlying needs, foster independence, and set limits for safety and learning responsibility.

Research studies have shown CPRT can…

  • enhance the parent-child relationship and/or family relationships

  • develop responsibility and self-control in children

  • increase children’s self-esteem and self-confidence

  • increase parents’ or caregivers’ feelings of warmth for their children

  • reduce or eliminating behavior problems

Why parent counseling?

Research indicates that one of the biggest factors of children’s well-being is the well-being of their parents. I believe parent counseling is one of the areas that can have the biggest impact on the quality of life both for children, but also, uniquely for the whole family.

Research has shown that motivated parents can be trained to be as effective as play therapists using play therapy skills with their own children, with as little as 20 hours of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy training.

Want to know more?

More information on child-parent relationship therapy is available here.

Or feel free to contact me. I’m happy to answer any questions.