Parenting styles
Ways of parenting that differ in how much warmth and how much demand they contain.
How it shows up
The authoritative style combines warmth with clear boundaries; the permissive has warmth without boundaries; the authoritarian, boundaries without warmth; the uninvolved, neither. Research consistently shows the best outcomes with the first.
What we do with it in therapy
Most parents swing between styles depending on their own tiredness. We work on consistency, which isn’t strictness, and on the warm boundary, which for many is a new combination.
See also
Core beliefs
Deep, rarely spoken rules about yourself, others and the world, which colour all experience.
Infertility and distress
Long waiting, procedures and losses that weigh on the individual and on the couple.
Group therapy
Therapy in a group, where the other participants are part of what heals, not merely an audience.
