Assesment of the Efficacy of Personalized Parent-child Psychotherapy in Children Under 3 Years Old

Assesment of the Efficacy of Personalized Parent-child Psychotherapy Evaluating Symptoms in Children Under 3 Years Old and Parent-child Interaction.

This study aims to assess the efficacy at 4 months of a personalized strategy comparatively to a standard Psychodynamic Integrative Therapy, on childrens' symptom improvment

3 evaluations are performed: before treatment, at the end of the treatment and one year after the treatment.

evaluations include assessment of: children's symptom parent-infant interaction quality parental competencies parental perception of the child by his/her parent parent-therapist alliance hair cortisol concentration

Inclusion Criteria:

• Families who are requesting a consultation for functional or behavioural problems of their child
• Children under the age of 3

Exclusion Criteria:

• Parents suffering from a severe untreated psychiatric disorder
• Difficulties in speaking French
• Children with Autistic spectrum disorder
• Families already in care