Actively Recruiting
Emotion Focused Family Therapy for Parents of Children With Mental Health Difficulties
Led by University of Guelph · Updated on 2026-01-23
200
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
228 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is a promising intervention that aims to teach parents advanced skills to support their child's development of emotion skills and increase their adaptive behaviours, potentially leading to improvements in their child's psychological functioning and family functioning more broadly. This randomized controlled trial (RCT; EFFT vs waitlist control) will (1) test the efficacy of a 6-week group EFFT program on parent and child outcomes and (2) examine maintenance of treatment gains up to four months post-intervention.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Emotion Focused Family Therapy for Parents of Children With Mental Health Difficulties
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Parent of child aged 7 to 15 years old with anxiety, depression, or behavioural challenges
- Parent of child is willing to participate in intervention
- Parent is living at home with the child
You will not qualify if you...
- Parent or child not proficient enough in speaking/understanding English to complete measures or EFFT intervention components
- Parent or child with a severe mental health disorder (e.g., active suicidality and psychosis) not suitable for trial intervention
- Parent or child is actively receiving or scheduled for intensive psychological intervention focused on cognitive and/or behavioural strategies
- Parent or child has language, speech, or hearing disabilities interfering with participation
- Parent or child allergic to adhesive electrode gel used in some tasks
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Maplewoods Centre for Family Therapy and Child Psychology, University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 4S7
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
K
Kristel Thomassin, Ph.D
CONTACT
J
Jessica A Seddon, MSc
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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