Working with Parents Establishing the Essential Alliance in Child Psychotherapy and Consultation

by Siskind, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780765700605
• ISBN10: 0765700603
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

Shows readers how to engage even hard-to-reach parents, how to have an impact on their ways of parenting, and how to make them effective partners in fostering growth in their children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix	(2)
Prologue	xi
PART I The Working Alliance: Obstacles and Objectives	3	(80)
1 Questions and Dilemmas in Work with Parents	3	(6)
2 Is This Parent a Patient? Working with Mrs. Adams	9	(12)
3 Is This Patient a Parent? Working with Mrs. Kay	21	(24)
4 The Professional Attitude	45	(14)
5 The Dynamics of Referrals	59	(24)
PART II The Child Therapist as Consultant on Transient Childhood Problems	83	(126)
6 Consultations with Parents Who Need Help in Dealing with Commonplace Childhood Problems	83	(14)
7 Consultation about a Sleep Problem	97	(22)
8 The Consultant as Auxiliary Ego	119	(10)
9 Brief Treatment of a Bowel Retention Problem	129	(24)
10 A Tripartite Treatment Approach	153	(32)
11 Examples of Brief Interventions with Mixed Outcomes	185	(24)
PART III Ongoing Work with the Parents of Children in Treatment	209	(34)
12 Guidelines for Establishing Patterns of Contact with Parents	209	(26)
13 An Ideal Outcome	235	(8)
References	243	(6)
Index	249