The Good Enough Parenting early intervention schema therapy based program: Participant experience

Background and objectives Schema therapy (ST) has become a mainstream for the treatment of psychopathology been validated through series large scale, international randomized control trials. Among other things, schema emphasizes meeting core emotional needs in children by primary caregivers as these unmet continue to adversely affect their lives into adulthood. An early intervention parenting program developed help parents meet order prevent development first place. The program, Good Enough Parenting, is equally focused on reducing problems strengthening practices, regardless where child “disordered well-being continuum”. This study aims explore “patient experience” users this program. Best clinical research guidelines advocate that participants should be used collaborators rather than pure recipients; process predate scale Design exploratory qualitative with 55 parent-participants Parenting was conducted. Methods One-to-one interviews were conducted participants, using critical incident technique guided semi-structured interview schedule, experiences Transcripts then analyzed thematic analysis. Results Coding showed high degree inter-rater reliability (kappa value 0.78). themes emerged Cultivating Awareness Parents’ Own Schemas, Intentionality, Working Developmental Issues, Responses Challenges at Home, Performing Multiple Roles, Learning Process. Participants overwhelmingly reported satisfaction within key themes. Conclusions results support choice “participant outcome measures” use subsequent controlled