Mindful Parenting

Hellemans, J. (Joke)
UvAminds, Amsterdam, Nederland

Submission type

Oral and Poster

Scheduled

Poster, Beurs van Berlage , Grote Zaal

Kernwoorden

Mindfulness, Parents, Stress, Grouptraining

Onderzoeksgebied

Child & adolescent

Doelgroep

mensen met weinig ervaring met het onderwerp

Workshop

Mini workshop Mindful parenting Mindful Parenting interventions are increasingly being used to help prevent and treat mental disorders in children, parenting problems, and prevent intergenerational transmission of mental disorders from parents to children. Since 2008 we have developed a program in our Academic Treatment Centre for Parents and Children, which integrates the 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with special applied parenting practices. In this 8-week mindful parenting training parents are trained to transform their negative automatic reactions and reactivity towards their children by various mindfulness techniques and specific meditation exercises. In our research we have evaluated the effects of this program on stress in parents and child-psychopathology and the data show some significant changes. By transforming their automatic patterns and reactivity , the parents can respond with more awareness and acceptance to the children and this seems to have been the very root of change in this intervention. In this workshop I will give an overview of the intervention and you will have the opportunity to experience some of the practices yourself. Also some research data will be shown. Susan M. Bögels, Joke Hellemans, Saskia van Deursen, Marieke Römer, Rachel van der Meulen (2013) Mindful Parenting in Mental Health care. Springer.