Parenting Under Pressure: Helping Parents Navigate Their Children's Mental Health Journey

Course overview

Children are showing more mental health issues than ever before, which means that parents are having to help their children navigate their mental health journeys. Psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, medical personnel, and ministry leaders have more of a role in guiding parents through these more difficult times. In this workshop, attendees will examine the new research on what is affecting kids and possible mental health pitfalls of AI, social media, and technology. Attendees will explore techniques and tips to help parents aide their child from a new diagnosis to stabilization, with special attention to various issues such as bullying, identifying red flags for worsening symptoms, sullen or shutting down behavior, emotional regulation coaching, and relationship repair with the parent. Furthermore, attendees will be able to acquire specific techniques to work with parents on their own stress management, relationship issues, and grief process for their children's diagnosis. This workshop will give specific attention to those parents coming from a faith perspective with specific faith-based strategies.