In this session, ‘Healthy Attachment is Learned: Fostering Responsive Parenting Through Parent-Child Interaction’ Dr. Larissa Niec presents Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a transdiagnostic, family-based intervention with over 45 years of empirical support. Designed for families with children aged 2 to 7, PCIT aims to strengthen the parent-child relationship, improve parenting practices, and reduce disruptive behaviors. It restructures negative patterns of interaction—including those found in abusive family dynamics—into healthier, warmer, and more supportive exchanges. Strengthening the parent–child relationship through PCIT is associated with a reduced risk of child maltreatment and may also buffer the adverse effects of poverty on brain development.
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About the session
Dr. Niec explains that the theoretical foundations of PCIT draw from both attachment theory and behavioral principles. Attachment theory underscores the importance of the early caregiver-child bond, while behavioral theory informs the intervention’s active mechanisms of change. A key component of PCIT is live, in vivo coaching: therapists guide parents in real-time via an earpiece during parent-child interactions. This coaching employs behavioral techniques such as modeling, shaping, and reinforcement, tailored to each family’s specific needs.
Now implemented in over 22 countries across North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, PCIT has demonstrated global adaptability and effectiveness. This session offers an overview of the PCIT model, its robust empirical foundation, and the core components that contribute to its transdiagnostic application.
About the speaker
Dr. Larissa N. Niec is Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin and President of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) International. As an expert in early parent-child relationships and therapist training, Dr. Niec seeks to increase access to quality mental health care for underserved families around the world. Dr. Niec is involved in national and international efforts to disseminate effective treatments to community therapists. She has written extensively on the parent-child relationship and on adaptations to Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Her international collaborations include work in Chile, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Spain, among others. Dr. Niec is author of a number of books including, Handbook of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Innovations and Applications for Research and Practice (2018); Strengthening the Parent-Child Relationship in Therapy: Laying the Foundation for Healthy Development (2022); and Telemental Health Care for Children and Families (2024, with Ciera Schoonover).
Booking
Sign up at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time. Delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD certificate via email.
- ACAMH Members MUST login to book onto the webinar in order to access this webinar and get a CPD certificate
- Non-members this is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer, and make the saving on these sessions
EARLY BIRD £20 for ACAMH Members (Print, Online, Concession) Join now and save (£30 from 30/06/25)
EARLY BIRD £40 ACAMH Learn Account holders (£50 from 30/06/25)
EARLY BIRD £40 Non Members (£50 from 30/06/25)
£5 ACAMH Undergraduate/Postgraduate Members
FREE LMIC Members
Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.