Speaker
Presentation in SpanishXAVIER MÉNDEZ
UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA. SPAIN
Full Professor of Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy at the University of Murcia, tutor professor at the affiliated center in Elche of the National Distance Education University, and guest lecturer at other Spanish and foreign universities. Specialized in Clinical Psychology. Director of the Ojos Solares, Guías para Padres y Madres, and Psicocuentos collections, published by Ediciones Pirámide, focusing on psychological treatment in childhood. Co-author with Esther Egea of the book “Six Steps to Change Our Child’s Disobedient Behavior”.
In 2014, he was awarded the AITANA Prize for his contribution to clinical child and adolescent psychology.
Thinking, Feeling and Acting as Parents
Parenting and raising children is one of the most challenging tasks that parents face. Through their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, parents influence their children both explicitly or directly—through guidance, explanations, reasoning, verbal instructions, physical guidance, etc.—and implicitly or indirectly, through example. At times, this task can become overwhelming, leading parents to seek professional help, as in the case of inexperienced parents with a strong-tempered child, who may even experience “parental burnout.”
Parent training has a long tradition in psychology and is based on the premise that treatment is more effective when intervention takes place within the child’s natural environment—namely, at home and through the parents—rather than in artificial settings such as the therapist’s office.
This therapeutic approach uses behavioral technology to support parents in the complex task of raising their children, providing them with principles and strategies aimed not only at solving everyday problems, but also at improving the family climate and promoting the child’s healthy development and personal autonomy.
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