Internationally renowned expert Professor Sam Cartwright-Hatton will lead the programme sharing extensive clinical and research expertise. Through in-depth presentation and interactive Q&A session, participants will learn how to support parents in reducing accommodating behaviours, fostering resilience, and promoting long-term emotional wellbeing in anxious children.
Whether you are looking to strengthen your clinical skills, stay up to date with the latest research, or enhance your approach to interventions, this session offers a unique opportunity for professional development.
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| Ticket Type | Price |
|---|---|
| ACAMH paying Members (Online, Concession) |
EARLY BIRD £99 (until 17/10/26 then £129)(Join now and save) |
| ACAMH Learn Account Holders |
EARLY BIRD £129 (until 17/10/26 then £159) |
| Non Members |
EARLY BIRD £129 (until 17/10/26 then £159) |
| ACAMH Undergraduate/ Postgraduate Members | £15 (Join now and save) |
| LMIC Members | FREE (Join now and save) |
Who should attend
Mental health practitioners (psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, counsellors, mental health nurses), Family therapists and parenting practitioners, Clinical psychologists and CBT practitioners, Social workers, health visitors, and early intervention professionals, Researchers and trainees, Service managers and commissioners.
About the session
Talk title – Running in the Family: Can we help anxious parents to raise confident children?
Mental health runs in families, yet adult mental health services have traditionally focused almost exclusively on the individual patient. Children of parents with anxiety disorders are almost twice as likely to develop problems with anxiety themselves, and an emerging evidence base suggests that the way anxiety influences parenting may be one important mechanism underlying this increased risk. At the same time, parenting can have profound effects on parents’ own mental health, creating bi-directional relationships that are rarely addressed in routine care.
This session will explore the evidence linking parental mental health (particularly anxiety disorders), parenting behaviours, and children’s emotional development, drawing on experimental studies examining how anxiety affects parents’ attention, interpretation of ambiguous situations, emotion recognition, and behaviour management. It will consider the implications of these findings for adult mental health services and discuss why simply treating the parent’s symptoms may not be sufficient to improve outcomes for their children.
The bulk of the presentation will then introduce a brief, evidence-based parenting intervention developed specifically for parents experiencing significant anxiety. Attendees will learn practical strategies for helping anxious parents to raise confident children. Findings from randomised controlled trials of both face-to-face and digital versions of the programme will be presented, including evidence that relatively brief, scalable interventions can improve parenting and reduce children’s anxiety symptoms.
Learning outcomes
- Understand more about the cognitive-behavioural processes involved in the intergenerational transmission of anxiety from parent to child.
- Have learnt some new techniques for helping parents to manage and/or prevent problems with anxiety in their children.
- Feel more confident talking to anxious clients about their children and their parenting.
Meet the speaker
Professor Sam Cartwright-Hatton is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sussex with particular expertise in childhood anxiety and its prevention. Her research explores how parents can raise confident children and has informed interventions used by thousands of families. She has led major clinical trials, secured several million pounds in competitive research funding, and published extensively in leading scientific journals. She is the author of the bestselling clinician manual Timid to Tiger, and Founder of Fearless Labs, where she works to translate rigorous psychological research into practical, accessible tools that support parents, educators, and professionals.