Working with Parents Makes Therapy Work

Kerry Kelly Novick and Jack Novick are child, adolescent, and adult psychoanalysts on the faculty of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. They have been working with children and families for 35 years and joined other colleagues to found a non-profit psychoanalytic school, Allen Creek Preschool, in Ann Arbor. Both Jack and Kerry Novick have written extensively. Their first book, Fearful Symmetry: The Development and Treatment of Sadomasochism, appeared in 1996.

• Chapter 1 Parent Work—Introduction and HistoryChapter 2 Our Assumption When We Work with ParentsChapter 3 EvaluationChapter 4 Recommendation, Setting the Frame, and Working ConditionsChapter 5 The Beginning Phase of TreatmentChapter 6 The Middle Phase of TreatmentChapter 7 The Pretermination Phase of TreatmentChapter 8 The Termination Phase of TreatmentChapter 9 PostterminationChapter 10 The Application of Our Model of Parent Work to Individual Treatment of AdultsChapter 11 Summary and Further Questions

A comprehensive, reader friendly and exceptionally informative guide for properly identifying and contributing to a healthy parent-child relationship for the potential and long-lasting benefit of the child in a therapeutic pursuit. Supplying an expansively illustrative content of examples, studies, in-depth detailing, Working with Parents Makes Therapy Work covers diverse but common situations. Vitally important reading for counselors and psychotherapists working with families in clinical settings, Working with Parents Makes Therapy Work is also very highly recommended for the struggling parents of struggling children and teens for its invaluable and accessible contribution of helpful insights and general content.