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Re-Writing the Parent-Child Script

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1.5 CE Hour
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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
  • • Counselors
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
  • • Psychologists
  • • Social Workers
  • • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
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.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Recognize enmeshment in the parent-child relationship system when the parent-child relationship is stuck.

  • 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.

References

  • Parvez, H. (2022, April 7) Enmeshment: Definition, causes, & effects. https://www.psychmechanics.com/enmeshment/

  • Pozatek, K. (2010) The Parallel Process: Growing Alongside You Adolescent and Young Adult in Treatment. Lantern Publications. (Updated edition 2025)

  • Pozatek, K. (2014) Brave Parenting: A Buddhist Inspired Guide to Raising Emotionally Resilient Children. Wisdom Publications.

  • Robinson, B.E.(2022, April 26) The 90-Second Rule That Builds Self-Control: The key to greater happiness and peace of mind. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-right-mindset/202004/the-90-second-rule-builds-self-control

Clinical
Counselors

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development.

Psychologists

In review.

Social Workers

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

 

TPN.health is a CAMFT-approved continuing education provider, provider # 1000101.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by The Adolescent Clinical Excellence Conference. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Krissy Pozatek, MSW

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 

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