Table 3.

Psychoeducation intervention for parents of children and adolescents with OCD.

Session	Objective	Cognitive-behavioral key strategies
Session 1–2 THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE	To build a therapeutic relationship between the psychotherapist and the parents	− Build a relaxed atmosphere − Investigate and inform of child’s strengths − Focused on child’ skills and psychological resources
Session 3–5 EDUCATION	To investigate and modify parents’ possible misconceptions of OCD	− Give information about: cause of the disease, the prevalence in childhood and adolescence, examples of possible manifestations, the symptomatology, and therapeutic options − Communicate hope, optimism, welcoming and restructuring expectation about the OCD symptoms reduction − Attribute symptoms to the OCD itself and not to the child providing information about how to do not blame the child for symptoms − Provide information according to family’s conversational style, repeat and clarify concepts, applied to different situations, and illustrated from different perspectives
Session 6–10 FAMILY ACCOMMODATION MANAGEMENT	Help to parents: a. To recognize parent’s involvement in child’s symptomatology b. To manage child’s OCD symptoms more effectively in family’s daily routines	− Explain Family Accommodation mechanism (maintenance of the disorder) − Share useful behaviors to apply in everyday life teaching how to avoid getting involved in compulsive rituals − Use role-play techniques to show parents how to react to a child’s specific compulsive rituals
Session 11–12 ERP TREATMENT EDUCATION	To prepare and to teach parents the ERP treatment	− Psychoeducation about ERP Treatment − Inform adequately parents on the procedure during the specific exposure − Ensure that the parents will follow the psychotherapist’s indication

Based on Demaria et al. (2021).