1st Edition

Defiance in the Family Finding Hope in Therapy

    236 Pages
    by Routledge

    236 Pages
    by Routledge

    Defiance in the Family follows the treatment of childhood and adolescent defiance through therapy, from intake to termination. The authors take a unique view of defiance as an expression of a child's worry for a family that is not working properly and as the child's means of protecting the inner self in the face of family turmoil.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Defiance in Families; Chapter 2 Parenting; Chapter 3 The Dilemma of Childhood; Chapter 4 Therapists and the Therapeutic Process; Chapter 5 Beginning the Therapeutic Project; Chapter 6 Therapeutic Jambalaya; Chapter 7 The Heart of Therapy; Chapter 8 Three-Generation Family Consultation; Chapter 9 Termination;

    Biography

    David V. Keith, Gary M. Connell, Linda C. Connell

    "The authors provide a refreshing perspective . . . This book can serve not only as a manual for this type of therapy, but, because it is easily readable, it can also be recommended to families undergoing this treatment." -- Psychiatry
    "Cutting edge, thought-provoking, yet highly practical...this volume is a must-read for clinicians working with families and adolescents snared in a web of alienation, anger and defiance." -- William Bumberry, MD