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Parent Therapy - The Relational Alternative to Working with Children (Hardcover)
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Parent Therapy - The Relational Alternative to Working with Children (Hardcover)
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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. Parent
therapy rests on a relational understanding of development. The
point of entry for the treatment process is the parent-child
relationship and is developed through maternal and paternal
histories and projections. Parent therapy focuses on the parents'
understanding of themselves, their relationship with each other and
with their child. Therapeutic work with parents allows them to
develop new insights into themselves and their child, preserve
their autonomy and self-esteem, and effect permanent change. The
therapist functions as a consultant to the parents similar to the
way a supervisor functions as a consultant to a therapist. Just as
therapists learn about their patients in working with a supervisor,
parents learn to become more introspective, thoughtful, and
knowledgeable about their own child. It would injure the
patient-therapist relationship for the supervisor to work directly
with the patient. In the same way, the child is better served when
the parents learn how to handle conflict and development themselves
rather than having a therapist intervene with the parent-child
relationship. Parent therapy addresses the parents' unconscious
conflicts in an atmosphere of collaboration with the therapist and
has a life-long effect.
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