A number of therapeutic approaches are helpful to parents, including the following:

Supportive Psychotherapy
Supportive Psychotherapy focuses on giving parents the emotional support they need to cope with the stress of raising a child with behavioral difficulties. The therapist encourages parents to talk about their feelings, concerns, and problems in a safe, nonjudgmental environment. Supportive Psychotherapy has been found to be helpful to parents who are experiencing frustration, anxiety, and depression.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a highly regarded treatment that helps parents identify and change maladaptive thought patterns in order to cope more effectively with the stress of parenting a child with emotional or behavioral issues.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches parents specific skills to cope with anxiety, depression, and problems of daily living. This approach helps parents commit to making necessary changes in their behavior, regardless of what is going on in their lives and how they feel about it.

Mindfulness Training
Mindfulness Training is a mental health and meditation approach that enables parents to relax and let go of negative thoughts and feelings. Attention is focused on thoughts, emotions, and sensations occurring at the current moment in an accepting and nonjudgmental manner. The meditation aspect of Mindfulness Training may be helpful to parents who suffer from anxiety, depression, panic attacks, high blood pressure, and sleep problems.

Relaxation Training
Relaxation Training is a type of behavior therapy that helps parents reach a state of calmness. It may reduce anxiety and stress, lower blood pressure, and control pain. Examples of relaxation techniques include learning how to relax muscles throughout the body, focusing the mind on positive images, meditation, and deep breathing exercises.

Marriage and Couples Counseling
Parenting a child with learning or behavioral difficulties often leads to significant problems in relationships. Marriage and couples counseling helps parents learn to communicate more effectively, resolve conflicts, and provide emotional support to each other.

Family Therapy
Parenting a child with developmental and behavioral problems can be stressful to the entire family. In Family Therapy, the nature of the child’s behavioral issues are explained and discussed, and family members are taught specific ways of helping the child and supporting each other.

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