Hold me Tight/Let me Go: Effectiveness of a Course to Enhance Parent-adolescent Relationship

We will include: 1. Families with one or both parents/primary caretaker (single parent or blended families are allowed) with one adolescent of 12 to 18 years of age; 2. Adolescent problems are deemed to be exacerbated by a stressful parent-adolescent relationship. We will exclude: 1. Participants in command of the Dutch language. 2. Parents/primary caretakers and adolescents with severe psychopathology (e.g., psychosis, acute suicidality, severe depression) that will interfere with participation in the program. 3. Parents/primary caretakers already attending systemic therapy or intensive parental guidance during the waiting period and during HmT/LmG. Other individual therapy will be registered during intake, and afterwards by the therapists. During follow-up systemic interventions are allowed but have to be registered.