https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.297

An integrated approach to child psychotherapy with co-parental support: a longitudinal outcome study

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2018)
Submitted: December 21, 2017
Accepted: May 28, 2018
Published: August 8, 2018
Lausanne Trilogue Play, Psychotherapy, Child Outcomes, Family Interactions, Co-parenting
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Authors

Marina Miscioscia
Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua; Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Alessandra Simonelli
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Lorenza Svanellini
Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua; Childhood Adolescence Family Unit, Aulss 6 Veneto, Padua, Italy.
Marta Sisti
Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Laura Sudati
Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Maria Elena Brianda
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Pier Antonio Battistella
Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Michela Gatta
Michela.gatta@unipd.it
Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua; Childhood Adolescence Family Unit, Aulss 6 Veneto, Padua, Italy.

Studies about the effectiveness of psychodynamic psychotherapy interventions with children and adolescents suggest potential adverse effects of this treatment when not supported by a parallel work with parents: it seems that it could damage family functioning and affect family balances. This research aims to assess psychopathological outcomes after two years of psychodynamic psychotherapy by comparing two groups (G) of children and adolescents, related to a Childhood Adolescence Family Service: G1 – individual therapy for child/adolescent only; G2 - therapy for child/adolescent and a separate session of co-parenting support. 21 families with children aged between 6 and 17 years completed the entire treatment. The research protocol involves: Lausanne Trilogue Play, Children Behavior Check List and Family Empowerment Scale. Results show a positive effect of the treatment on the child/adolescent psychopathological profile with a significant improvement concerning the reduction of both internalizing and externalizing problems. Results show the effectiveness of the integrated intervention in the improvement of parents’ abilities to validate the children emotional state. Our results suggesting that parenting support increase parental sensitivity, helping the parents to become more able to recognize the children’s emotional state and to validate it.

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The broader research project called The Lausanne Trilogue Play use a psycho-diagnostic and therapeutic tool in a Neuropsychiatric Unit: an innovative clinical experience working with psychiatric children and adolescents began in 2012 and was funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (GR-2010- 2318865).

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Miscioscia, M., Simonelli, A., Svanellini, L., Sisti, M., Sudati, L., Brianda, M. E., … Gatta, M. (2018). An integrated approach to child psychotherapy with co-parental support: a longitudinal outcome study. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.297

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