Efficacy of delivering the Fear-less Triple P program at two differing levels of intensity for parents of children with anxiety disorders

Two active interventions will be compared. They cover the same content but vary in terms of duration and delivery. The content covered across the two interventions includes: psychoeducation about anxiety; promoting emotional resilience in children; the role of thoughts in anxiety and how to encourage mental flexibility; the role of avoidance in anxiety and exposure; parental responses to children's anxiety (and the advantages and disadvantages of each of these); constructive coping and maintaining gains over time. All sessions will be conducted by postgraduate Clinical Psychology trainees, with some sessions to be conducted in conjunction with the named investigator - an experienced Clinical Psychologist. Standard Fear-less Triple P consists of 6 weekly 1.5 to 2-hour sessions to be conducted at the University of Queensland. These sessions will be conducted in groups of up to 6 parents. Workshop Fear-less Triple P consists of 1 6-hour workshop that will be held on at the University of Queensland. Up to 20 families will be included in each workshop. All therapy sessions will be recorded and a random 25% will be listened to by an independent research assistant to check for treatment adherence. A checklist outlining the content to be covered in each version of the program (workshop and standard) will be used for ensuring treatment adherence.