Status:

RECRUITING

Hold me Tight/Let me Go: Effectiveness of a Course to Enhance Parent-adolescent Relationship

Lead Sponsor:

University of Amsterdam

Conditions:

Parent Training

Parent Child Relationship

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-18 years

Brief Summary

HmT/LmG is a group course for 4-6 parental dyads and consists of 4 group sessions with psycho-education and skills training and 3 individual sessions per family (i.e., 1 session with the adolescent, 1...

Detailed Description

HOLD ME TIGHT/LET ME GO: STUDY PROTOCOL (version 2025-05-01) Participants In- and exclusion criteria will be determined with unstructured clinical interviews by experienced clinicians during the scree...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • We will include:
  • Families with one or both parents/primary caretaker (single parent or blended families are allowed) with one adolescent of 12 to 18 years of age;
  • Adolescent problems are deemed to be exacerbated by a stressful parent-adolescent relationship.
  • We will exclude:
  • Participants in command of the Dutch language.
  • Parents/primary caretakers and adolescents with severe psychopathology (e.g., psychosis, acute suicidality, severe depression) that will interfere with participation in the program.
  • Parents/primary caretakers already attending systemic therapy or intensive parental guidance during the waiting period and during HmT/LmG. Other individual therapy will be registered during intake, and afterwards by the therapists. During follow-up systemic interventions are allowed but have to be registered.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 11 2025

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    September 1 2028

    Estimated Enrollment :

    150 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT06966323

    Start Date

    June 11 2025

    End Date

    September 1 2028

    Last Update

    December 24 2025

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    Almere Stad, Netherlands

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    Molemann Mental Health

    Almere Stad, Netherlands

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    Twig Clinics B.V.

    Bilthoven, Netherlands

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    Molemann Mental Health

    Hilversum, Netherlands