This study aims to examine the effect of Watson Human Care Theory and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based counseling program applied to parents of pediatric palliative care patients on value-oriented living and care burden.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being the parent of a patient in need of pediatric palliative care at the hospital where the study will be conducted during the dates of the study,
• Being between the ages of 18-65,
• Agreeing to participate in the study,
• Having the ability to read, write and understand Turkish,
• The patient with pediatric palliative care has been provided care for at least 1 month.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having previously received similar therapy or psychoeducation or being involved in ongoing training,
• Having received a psychiatric diagnosis,
• Having communication problems such as hearing and vision,
• Being a foreign national,
• Not being the biological mother or father of the patient in need of pediatric palliative care.