04/16/2026
This woman is a superhero.
Her name is Dr. Andrea Abadi.
Andrea is one of the most renowned child psychiatrists in Latin America working at one of the most prestigious institutions INECO. She has spent decades in the trenches, helping families one-on-one and promoting mental health support through social media.
A little over a year ago, she decided she wanted to help many more of the families who followed her work. So she did something pretty unusual.
She began running parenting groups through Zoom (scalable and accesible), combining AI (to reinforce the skill learning and the in-between sessions support).
Through that model, she was able to deliver the whole Parent Management Training program to 250 families, working ONLY TWO HOURS A WEEK!
250 families sounds like a lot. But the remarkable part is that, because of the way she designed the model, it did not feel overwhelming in the same way that many intense one-on-one cases can feel.
By combining her work with an AI agente (Pat), parents received personalised support throughout the week, right when they needed it, and perssonalized reminders.
Andrea herself was also supported by the Pat. That made it possible for her to help many more families without burnout.
We recently reported some of the outcomes from that year in a paper, and there is much more to come. In a nutshell, parents reported significant progress in their relationship with their child and in the main problems that brought them to treatment.
But beyond the outcomes, what strikes me most is Andrea’s mindset.
Her willingness to innovate.
Her determination to help others.
Her clarity in seeing that if we truly want to support more families, we need models that can scale.
She was suddenly supporting parents across Argentina and in many other countries across Latin America.
I simply want to say that I deeply admire what she has done. Period.
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