Working with alienated children and families : a clinical guidebook / / edited by Amy J.L. Baker and S. Richard Sauber

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463019903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, N.Y. ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-12357-3; 1-299-13700-8; 1-136-34005-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BakerAmy J. L; SauberS. Richard
• Disciplina: 362.82/86
• Soggetti: Alienation (Social psychology); Parental alienation syndrome; Children of divorced parents - Counseling of; Family psychotherapy; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Amy J.L. Baker -- Clinical reasoning and decision-making in cases of child alignment : diagnostic and therapeutic issues / Steven G. Miller -- Custody evaluations in alienation cases / S. Richard Sauber and Abe Worenklein -- The essential role of the mental health consultant in parental alienation cases / J. Michael Bone and S. Richard Sauber -- Educating divorcing parents : taking them beyond the high road / Amy J.L. Baker and Paul Fine -- Psychotherapy with targeted parents / Bill and Lorna Goldberg -- Supporting targeted parents : the international support network for alienated families / Karen Lebow -- Psycho-educational work with children in loyalty conflict : the I don't want to choose program / Amy J.L. Baker and Katherine Andre -- Walking on thin ice : providing effective, systemically informed, child-centered psychotherapies for children of divorce / Benjamin D. Garber -- Reunification and the one-way mirror / Jack Weitzman -- The effectiveness of the application of structural family therapy to treatment of the pas family / Linda Gottlieb -- Family reunification in a ; forensic setting / Jane Albertson-Kelly and Barbara Burkhard -- Working with adult children of parental alienation / Joe Rabiega and Amy J.L. Baker.
• Sommario/riassunto: This edited volume is written by and for mental health professionals who work directly with alienated children and their parents. The chapters are written by leaders in the field, all of whom know how vexing parental alienation can be for mental health professionals. No matter how the professional intersects with families affected by alienation, be it through individual treatment, reunification therapy, a school setting, or support groups, he or she needs to consider how to make proper assessments, how to guard against bias, and when and how to involve the court system, among other c