Complete Group Counseling Program for Children of Divorce

Complete Group Counseling Program for Children of Divorce
Author: Sylvia Margolin
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1996-06-19
Genre: Education
ISBN:

For guidance counselors, social workers, nurses and others who work closely with elementary students troubled by problems of divorce, this unique new resource presents 12 ready-to-use, school-tested group sessions with background information and reproducible materials to help children who are struggling to cope with and accept changes in their families. The sessions are preceded by guidelines for establishing divorce groups, ideas for beginning and ending each session, suggestions for responding to the confusion children may express, and case studies with actual examples of the children's questionnaires and artwork. Each of the 12 group sessions provides ready-to-use lesson plans and reproducible activity sheets that can be copied as many times as needed: general background on divorce, why parents marry and divorce, changes, two houses, feeling angry, feeling guilty, the grieving process, legal issues, stepparenting, a happy marriage, review, achieving closure.

Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce

Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce
Author: Liana Lowenstein
Publisher: Champion Press (Canada)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Child psychotherapy
ISBN: 9780968519936

An innovative collection of therapeutic games, art techniques, and stories to help children of divorce express feelings, deal with loyalty binds, disengage from parental conflict, address anger and self-blame, and learn coping strategies. Includes a theoretical overview for practitioners, a sample treatment plan, and a reproducible handout to give parents. Also contains a ten-week curriculum that can be used in therapy or support groups. A much needed compilation for counsellors, therapists, and group facilitators.

Marriage, Divorce, and Children's Adjustment

Marriage, Divorce, and Children's Adjustment
Author: Robert E. Emery
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1999-02-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761902522

Emery reviews the psychological, social, economic, and legal consequences of divorce, and examines how children's risk or resilience is predicted by interparental conflict, relationships with both parents, financial strain, legal/physical custody, and other factors."--BOOK JACKET.

Interventions for Children of Divorce

Interventions for Children of Divorce
Author: William F. Hodges
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1991-08-19
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

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.

Two Homes, One Childhood

Two Homes, One Childhood
Author: Robert E. Emery Ph.D.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016-08-09
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0698404246

A paradigm-shifting model of parenting children in two homes from an internationally recognized expert. A researcher, therapist, and mediator, Robert Emery, Ph.D., details a new approach to sharing custody with children in two homes. Huge numbers of children are affected by separation, divorce, cohabitation breakups, and childbearing outside of marriage. These children have two homes. But their parents have only one chance to protect their childhood. Building on his 2004 book The Truth About Children and Divorce and a strong evidence base, including his own research, Emery explains that a parenting plan that lasts a lifetime is one that grows and changes along with children’s—and families’—developing needs. Parents can and should work together to renegotiate schedules to best meet the changing needs of children from infancy through young adult life. Divided into chapters that address the specific needs of children as they grow up, Emery: • Introduces his Hierarchy of Children’s Needs in Divorce • Provides specific advice for successful parenting, starting with infancy and reaching into emerging adulthood • Advocates for joint custody but notes that children do not count minutes and neither should parents • Highlights that there is only one “side” for parents to take in divorce: the children’s side Himself the father of five children, one from his first marriage, Emery brings a rare combination of personal and professional insight and guidance for every parent raising a child in two homes.

The Psychotherapist As Parent Coordinator in High-Conflict Divorce

The Psychotherapist As Parent Coordinator in High-Conflict Divorce
Author: Susan Boyan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1317787250

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 Psyc.

Cory Helps Kids Cope with Divorce

Cory Helps Kids Cope with Divorce
Author: Liana Lowenstein
Publisher: Champion Press (Canada)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780968519981

Ages 4 to 8 years. This book is part of the Cory Series to help children cope with challenging issues. This version presents engaging activities to help very young clients cope with divorce. Cory, the central character in the story, helps children gradually confront and process their feelings and reactions related to the divorce. Therapeutic games, art, and other playful activities are incorporated to lower the threat level of therapy and engage children in treatment. Questions and re-enforcers are woven throughout the story to captivate and sustain the childs interest in the story, and to evaluate and encourage the childs integration of the material. Includes a reproducible story, activities, and detailed parent handouts.

Healthy Children of Divorce in 10 Simple Steps

Healthy Children of Divorce in 10 Simple Steps
Author: Shannon Rios Paulsen Lmft
Publisher: Lifethreads LLC
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2017-05-19
Genre: Children of divorced parents
ISBN: 9780991636105

What Can You Do As A Parent To Minimize The Impact of Divorce On Your Children? -Do you worry that your divorce will have a negative impact on your child's life? -Are you and your child's other parent locked in a cycle of resentment and dysfunction? -Do you want to do everything in your power to create a healthy future life for you and your child? This book will provide you with all of these answers and more. It is easy-to-read and includes actionable steps to ensure the best outcome for your children. The simple, yet life-changing ten-step process this book outlines will help you to: -Make the best choices for your children to ensure their long-term health -Partner with your co-parent for the sake of your children -Take actions that will protect your children during this time -Communicate productively with your co-parent -Release the past so you can create a love-filled future with your children Praise for the author's best-selling book The 7 Fatal Mistakes Divorced and Separated Parents Make: Strategies for Raising Healthy Children of Divorce and Conflict: "This book is a must-read for parents contemplating divorce, those already in the divorce process, and those who have a parenting plan in place... - Albert V. Evans, Family Law Attorney "This wonderful book should be required reading and writing for every divorced or never-married parent." - Dr. Shirley Thomas, counsellor and author

When Parents Are at War

When Parents Are at War
Author: Lynn Louise Wonders
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2019-02-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781797802893

All psychotherapists who work with children and families will come across cases with the parents divorcing or previously divorced experiencing high levels of conflict. These cases can be extremely complex and there can be potential hazards mental health professionals need to be aware of and prepared for. This book is a practical guide providing actionable measures mental health professionals can take to properly screen potential cases, establish and observe essential policies and protocols and observe important boundaries in order to preserve the integrity of the child's therapy and maintain healthy therapeutic relationships with the parents who are at war with one another without being pulled into the middle of the parental conflict. This guidebook also provides specific recommendations with regard to ensuring the self-care is in place for the psychotherapists when working with these kinds of cases that can cause mental and emotional depletion.

Helping Children Cope with Divorce

Helping Children Cope with Divorce
Author: Edward Teyber
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-04-23
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780787955540

Named One of the 10 Best Parenting Books of the Year by Child Magazine, this revised edition teaches you to minimize stress during initial breakups and ultimate separation, explain divorce so children don't blame themselves, protect children from parental hostilities, and navigate conflicts of loyalty and alliance.