Positive Parenting

Level 1 and 2

An evidence-based course on parent counselling

Each day:

Morning session- Theoretical &

research foundation

Afternoon session- Skills training & evidence-based strategies

Level 2 of this program will be conducted online in Oct-Nov’24. Only those who attend Level 1 can attend Level 2

Level 2 covers more parenting strategies, guidance, role plays, & supervision & is optional

Neuropsychological lens of Child Development

What does neuropsychology tell us about how child’s brain works? How can we use it to inform parenting practices?

Parenting with Emotional Intelligence (PEI) Model

Why is emotional intelligence (EI) paramount in parenting? ? How can the PEI model help raise children with EI?

Evidence-based Strategies in Parenting

What tools can help parents deal with the challenges in parenting their children at different developmental stages?

Why punishments don’t work: Neuropsychological evidence

Why problem behaviours occur: Evidence from research

3 foundational pillars to parenting with emotional intelligence

Skills for parent consultations

Part 1: Interviewing skills

Skills for parent consultations

Part 3: Assessment

12 big ideas on parenting with emotional intelligence

Evidence-based strategies for managing problem behaviours

Skills for parent consultations

Part 5: Emotion coaching strategies

Skills for parent consultations

Part 6: Connection strategies

Internationally Certified

First Indian to train & receive accreditation in the Positive Parenting Program (Triple-P), world’s largest evidence-based parenting program.

Podcaster

Conceptualised, recorded & launched 3 podcasts on parenting: Big Talk for Tiny Humans (produced by IVM), Moms are from Mars & Modern Paren’Teen podcast (produced by Playy TV)

Author

Penned 100+ in-depth, research-based, high-quality articles on parenting, with inputs from researchers & parenting experts the world over. Published in Psychology Today & ParentCircle

Psychotherapist

5000+ hours of psychotherapy sessions with 1000+ clients (children, adolescents, & their parents).

Entrepreneur

Founded ‘Raising Family Academy’ a community of families world-wide, who are learning how to strengthen their couple relationship & parent with emotional intelligence.

Educator

Facilitated 500+ parenting workshops & webinars,

delivered 200+ hours of talks & lectures to postgraduate students of psychology.

Why I created this course

After I completed my PhD, I was consulting with a lot of children & adolescents in my private practice. But I saw how parents were unintentionally undoing the therapeutic learning I was sharing with these kids.

I realized the need to develop a language to speak to the parents & bring them in as equal stakeholders in the healing process.

I felt unequipped...

Around that time, I became a parent myself. And despite an M.Phil & a PhD in Clinical Psychology, I felt ill-equipped to parent my own child.

So I sought to supplement my training with education in parenting. I joined the Parenting & Family Support Centre (University of Queensland, Australia) for a postdoc.

Being a cycle breaker

My learning in those 2 years of immersion in parenting research & education helped me develop skills as a parenting educator, with knowledge of the most cutting-edge research in parenting across the world.

But most importantly, it left imprints on me as a person. As a child who was brought up by a very strict authoritarian father, a father who didn’t understand that it’s not punishment but connection that helps nurture a child, I didn’t want the same upbringing for my own children.

So here we are!

And so, I decided to pour this knowledge of positive parenting into my life and my work.

This training program is a culmination of my work with hundreds of parents through clinical practice & workshops, knowledge of parenting research, AND my own experience of raising myself as a parent.

Mansi

Portfolio Manager, Millenium

When our second one was born, Meghna was incredibly insightful in helping us prepare our first one for the big change in his life. Since then she has become our go-to expert for parenting advice as we deal with other usual growing up issues for our son. Her guidance is always practical, kind & sensitive.

Kunal

Education Specialist, World Bank

We had a normal delivery & a healthy child, but we were very anxious about the new experience. Dr. Meghna made things so much easier for us. She not only provided us with solid parenting advice (which I still swear by) but also counselled us & helped us be more confident & less anxious & reactive parents.

Puja

Director, Financial Sponsor Coverage, Bank of America

I’m a mom of 2 pre-teen daughters. Dr Meghna has helped me acknowledge their daily struggles, problem solve with them, handle bigger issues like beauty, gender stereotypes, right ages to give them phone, puberty conversations.

Dr. Meghna has given me tools to be a better parent.

For queries, contact:

workwiththetherapistmommy@gmail.com