Psychotherapy Group for Parents of Children With LCA

The psychotherapy group will consist of 10 virtual sessions, each lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes. Each session will begin with a mindfulness exercise to bring the participants into the present moment, followed by a pre-determined topic for discussion. At the end of each session, there will be a closing segment to summarize the reflections and teachings of the day, and a homework assignment will be provided. The topics covered will be: Opening, Psychoeducation, Diagnosis Report, Acceptance, Psychological Flexibility, Cognitive Defusion, Self as Context, Values, Committed Action, and Closure.

For the parents who will participate in the control group, the steps undertaken will include the administration of the Self-Reporting Questionnaire, Parental Stress Scale, Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire, and Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory, before the intervention, after the intervention, and after 3 months.