Parental dynamics in mental health and well-being of adolescent children

Pages: 54-59
Sumaiya Anwar and Safina Binte Enayet (Psychosocial Counselor and Lecturer, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

The Paper is a qualitative report, attempting to collate and consolidate information about various mental health issues that were brought up by students (adolescents) of BRAC University for Counseling and Therapy sessions. Since parents are an important dynamic in a child’s life, the paper seeks to list corresponding perspectives and strategies typically adopted by parents in dealing with issues with their children. The paper also records representative examples of parental attitudes and the interventions provided at the level of parents for handling issues faced by their children. The objective of classifying and listing of interventions is to identify, explore and refine methods and techniques towards better management of such issues and provide suitable resolution and amelioration to participants in the counseling situations. The paper also argues for co-opting parents in the counseling sessions for young adults and creating positive references about Counseling among them. The sample consisted of 100 parents of first year students of BRAC University. Qualitative research methodology was used for collecting data. . The result showed that, the parents agreed that psychosocial counseling service contributed to student’s success and their mental health wellbeing.