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Summary
Summary
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 challenges.
The cutting edge clinical interventions presented in this book will help professionals answer these questions and help them to help their clients. The authors present a range of clinical options such as parent education, psycho-educational programs for children, and reunification programs for children and parents that make this volume a useful reference and practical guide.
Author Notes
Amy J. L. Baker, Ph.D., is the author of Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties That Bind, as well as over 65 peer-reviewed publications on the topic of parental alienation, psychological maltreatment, child welfare, and parent-child relationships. She conducts research at the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection.
S. Richard Sauber, Ph.D., has been in practice for 30 years as a forensic family and clinical psychologist. He is certified in Family and Clinical Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology and licensed by the Ordre des Psychologues du Québec, Canada. He has also been the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Family Therapy since 1976.
Table of Contents
ForewordWilliam Bernet |
1 IntroductionAmy J. L. Baker |
2 Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making in Cases of Child Alignment: Diagnostic and Therapeutic IssuesSteven G. Miller |
3 Custody Evaluations in Alienation CasesS. Richard Sauber and Abe Worenklein |
4 The Essential Role of the Mental Health Consultant in Parental Alienation CasesJ. Michael Bone and S. Richard Sauber |
5 Educating Divorcing Parents: Taking Them Beyond the High RoadAmy J. L. Baker and Paul Fine |
6 Psychotherapy with Targeted ParentsBill and Lorna Goldberg |
7 Supporting Targeted Parents: The International Support Network for Alienated FamiliesKaren Lebow |
8 Psycho-Educational Work with Children in Loyalty Conflict: The I Don't Want to Choose ProgramAmy J. L. Baker and Katherine Andre |
9 Walking on Thin Ice: Providing Effective, Systemically Informed, Child-Centered Psychotherapies for Children of DivorceBenjamin D. Garber |
10 Reunification and the One-Way MirrorJack Weitzman |
11 The Effectiveness of the Application of Structural Family Therapy to Treatment of the PAS FamilyLinda Gottlieb |
12 Family Reunification in a Forensic SettingJane Albertson-Kelly and Barbara Burkhard |
13 Working with Adult Children of Parental AlienationJoe Rabiega and Amy J. L. Baker |