Parent Therapy The Relational Alternative to

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.

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

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

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