The Psychotherapist As Parent Coordinator In High-Conflict Divorce (Haworth Practical Practice in Mental Health)

ISBN: 078902215X

Author: Boyan, Susan M.

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Develop a Parent Coordination program and minimize high stress for children of divorce!This book offers a practical model for psychotherapists working as parent coordinators in collaboration with the Courts. The Psychotherapist As Parent Coordinator in High-Conflict Divorce: Strategies and Techniques provides professionals with an understanding of high-conflict divorce and its impact on children and families. This comprehensive guide lays out a step by step roadmap with tools and directives to help therapists develop and market a parent coordination practice.In The Psychotherapist As Parent Coordinator in High-Conflict Divorce: Strategies and Techniques, youll learn to diffuse parental conflict while teaching parents to remain child-focused. Youll also find techniques and strategies for dealing with various behaviors commonly exhibited by conflicted parents. This book examines additional factors such as unresolved anger, over-involved step-parents, and the impact of alcohol, abuse, and personality disorders while showing how to maintain control in a variety of situations.The Psychotherapist As Parent Coordinator in High-Conflict Divorce: Strategies and Techniques gives you vital information andrecommendations on:the childs developmental, physical, and emotional needstime-sharing arrangements and parenting planshow to understand and work effectively with the legal systemhow to manage and minimize parental alienationhow to teach communication and conflict resolution skillshow to work with emotionally impared parentsand much more In addition to numerous tables and charts, The Psychotherapist As Parent Coordinator in High-Conflict Divorce: Strategies and Techniques provides methods of parental communication, time-sharing plans, and additional reading sources. More importantly, the appendix provides reproducible forms for your own parent coordination practice, including: standards of practice for parent coordinationsample stipulation appointing a parent coordinatorsample contractsa checklist for structuring parent coordination sessionsa checklist for parenting plans