Information
Date & Time
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Location
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Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa
3030 Holiday Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Recognize enmeshment in the parent-child relationship system when the parent-child relationship is stuck.
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Identify the 5 Principles of The Parallel Process which promote healthy separation in the parent-child relationship which fosters a child's skill development, emotional maturation, and individuation.
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this workshop is for participants to understand that enmeshment happens when parents take responsibility for the feelings and behaviors of their child, which impedes the child’s ability to build skills, self-regulate and individuate.
Description
When adolescents come to treatment, it is not just the child who is stuck. The child is a reflection of the environment of the family system. In most cases, the stuck patterns are because of enmeshment.’
In this presentation, Krissy will be discussing how to re-write the parent-child script. When parents see and understand their enmeshed patterns and learn to step into their parental authority, they will increase security and attachment for their children. Krissy will be discussing concepts such as enmeshment, parental authority, attunement, boundaries, reframing, safe struggle and healthy separation.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Krissy Pozatek, MSW has had almost 30 years of experience in the wilderness therapy and adolescent treatment field. Krissy received her education at Middlebury College, Smith College, and NM Highlands University. As an adolescent and young adult therapist, Krissy’s clinical experience includes the treatment of adoption issues, trauma, self-harming behavior, substance abuse, personality disorders and family system problems.
Krissy switched to Parent Coaching in 2006 and currently works with parents of struggling adolescents and young adults in her parent coaching practice, Parallel Process and on her digital coaching platforms. She is the author of The Parallel Process, the landmark book that teaches parents how to grow alongside their struggling adolescent or young adult child in treatment. Krissy has coached parents in a home transition program since 2012, and launched Parallel Process Transitions in 2023. Krissy was also a visiting professor at Middlebury College. Krissy is the mother of two daughters (one is a young adult and one a teen), and lives in Vermont with her partner. She loves to travel, to be in nature, skiing, hiking, yoga and mostly being with her family.
Krissy is the author of:
The Parallel Process: Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult Child in Treatment
Brave Parenting: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Raising Emotionally Resilient Children
Brave Teaching: Bringing Emotional-Resiliency Skills From the Wilderness to the Classroom