Parent Therapy The Relational Alternative to Working with Children

by Jacobs, Linda; Wachs, Carol

• ISBN13: 9780765703590
• ISBN10: 0765703599
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-31
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

This controversial book proposes that therapists work with parents in therapy rather than with the child. The authors argue that parent therapy is not only a useful alternative to individual child treatment, but is also more effective in helping the child.

Author Biography

Linda Jacobs is an associate professor at Long Island University where she teaches graduate students in the School Psychology Program.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
I. Parent Consultation and Therapy	1	(26)
A New Treatment Model	3	(6)
Clinical Vignettes	9	(14)
Current Research	23	(4)
II. A Comparative View	27	(32)
The Classical Model	29	(14)
Family Systems Therapy	43	(6)
Relationally Informed Child Therapy	49	(10)
III. Parenting Issues	59	(66)
Enhancing Parental Capacities	61	(28)
Dealing with Discipline	89	(18)
Responding to Aggression	107	(18)
IV. Treatment Referrals	125	(52)
Divorce	127	(14)
Referrals for Symptomatology	141	(20)
Learning Disabilities	161	(16)
V. Special Situations	177	(46)
School Consultation	179	(16)
Consultation in the Physicians's Office	195	(16)
Consultation in the Mental Health Center	211	(10)
Preservation of the Autonomy and the Integrity of the Parent	221	(2)
References	223	(12)
Index	235