Interventions for Children of Divorce: Custody, Access, and Psychotherapy

Offers up–to–date principles for working with children of divorce. The approach uses a theoretical context based on research and clinical findings to propose interventions for custody, access and therapeutic interventions. Topics include: developmental stages of the child and adjustment to divorce, mediation, custody evaluations and visitations, single parenting and remarriage, school–based programs, parent consultation and family therapy.

Spis treści:
Child Development and the Response of Children to Separation and Divorce.
Developmental Course After Divorce: The Role of Context.
To Mediate or Not to Mediate?.
Custody Evaluations: Types of Custody, Parents, and Problems.
Strategies for Custody Evaluations.
Visitation/Parent Access: Patterns and Problems.
The Unique Problems of the Single Parent.
The Unique Problems of the Remarried Parent.
Group Therapy Strategies for Children in School and Community.
Advising Parents: The Parent as Consultee.
Individual Psychotherapy: Play, Work, and Talking with Children.
Interventions with Families.
A Final Word.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.