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Children Who Resist Seeing a Parent

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Look for specialized interventions
*'''Regular counselling''', the kind of basic, affordable counselling most people are familiar with. This is an easily-accessible option, but it's helpful to make sure that the therapist has experience dealing with attachment issues and family breakdown.
*'''Coordinated counselling''', involving several different therapists working with different family members, all under the management of a team leader. This will be more expensive because of the number of people involved, but it offers a good opportunity for the therapists to coordinate their work. It can also be hard to find therapists who are willing to work together.
*'''Treatment Non-residential treatment programs''' specifically aimed at separated families dealing with a child's reluctance to see a parent. These programs usually involve a team approach under the guidance of a team leader and a treatment agreement that outlines how the therapists will talk to each other about the family and coordinate their responses. There are lots of benefits of this kind of program, especially when the therapists involved are specialists in the area of attachment and attachment breakdown, but can be hard to find and cost a lot of money. *XXX'''Residential treatment programs''' that are also specifically aimed at separated families dealing with a child's reluctance to see a parent but are shorter, far more intense and require the children and one or both parents to live in a camp-style setting. These programs are available primarily in the United States.
 What's really important to understand about these programs interventions is that they're generally not geared toward helping a parent "prove" alienation, they're about helping the child having a normal relationship with the parent they have rejected. They're not about who's right and who's wrong, they're about trying to restore the child's relationship with the parent they don't want to spend time with, rebuilding a healthy attachment between the child and that parent, and supporting the child's best interests, growth and wellbeing.
====Adjust the children's parenting arrangements====