Thoughts on Record: Podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Thoughts on Record is the podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (OICBT) located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Each week we explore topics relevant to clinicians and mental health consumers from a cognitive behavioural perspective; however, if you’re generally interested in psychology, psychotherapy, evolutionary psychology, mental health, the brain, dynamics of human behaviour, creativity, wellness & performance then this podcast will certainly be of interest to you. Thoughts on Record is hosted by OICBT clinical psychologist Dr. Pete Kelly, C. Psych. Dr. Kelly is a Clinical Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa and Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Carleton University. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Kelly is actively involved in directing speciality programming at OICBT, teaching and supervision, providing workshops to mental health professionals and is a frequent speaker to organizations around the impact of stress on well-being. Email the show: oicbtpodcast@gmail.com. You can visit the OICBT at www.ottawacbt.ca. Original theme music courtesy of OPK5, outro music courtesy of Baldhero & Van Whelan https://baldherovanwhelan.bandcamp.com
Thoughts on Record: Podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Dr. Jennifer Karp, C.Psych: Cultivating a Secure Attachment With Your Child & Why it Matters
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For many parents, cultivating a secure and nurturing attachment with their children is among their highest parenting priorities. However, establishing, maintaining and fostering this attachment can be a challenge when environmental conditions are poor and/or when the parent's resources are negatively impacted by stressors, illness or other demands. OICBT Clinical psychologist, Dr. Jennifer Karp, C.Psych, joins us for an in-depth discussion of how to cultivate a secure attachment with your child and why it matters. In this discussion, we cover:
- how the area of parent-child attachment became an area of interest for Dr. Karp, including the influence of the book "The Power of Showing Up" by Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson on her parenting perspective
- a brief review of the major findings around attachment derived from the well-known "strange situation" experiment as a well as a brief review & summary of the major attachment styles
- implications for parent-child attachment on outcomes for children in adulthood
- a review of the ways in which the attachment style formed in childhood can play out in adulthood from an interpersonal/psychological lens
- the role of neuroplasticity in forging/modifying attachment
- the role of parent-child attachment in fostering emotion regulation in the child
- a description of Siegal & Hartzell's notion of the "low road" and "high road" (from their book Parenting From the Inside Out) when it comes to parent processing of information when triggered by interactions with their children, with examples and suggestions around how to stay on the "high road"
- how to provide necessary corrective feedback to children while maintaining a secure attachment
- how to form a secure attachment with your children if you did not have a secure attachment as a child with your own parent(s)
- the kinds of attachment injuries that are the most problematic between a parent and a child
- ways to improve child self-regulation and promote independence from an attachment lens
- how can parents provide effective, attachment-informed parenting while stressed, fatigued or overwhelmed
ICYMI: Dr. Karp's previous appearance on Thoughts on Record on Becoming a Resilient Parent: https://www.buzzsprout.com/811163/3777035
Dr. Jennifer Karp is a clinical psychologist who provides treatment for children, adolescents and parents. She offers individual child and adolescent therapy to address a range of difficulties such as anxiety, depression, behaviour problems, ADHD, interpersonal challenges and parent-child relational conflict. She maintains a particular interest in working with clients suffering from anxiety conditions and OCD. Dr. Karp also offers parent consultation and emotion coaching support. In addition to therapy, she provides psycho-educational assessments to children and adolescents in order to evaluate learning disabilities, ADHD and gifted status. In addition to CBT, Dr. Karp has training and experience in other approaches including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). In addition to providing individual therapy and assessment, Dr. Karp is currently involved in the training and supervision of psychologists in supervised practice.