In this phenomenological study the authors examined perceptions of Hispanic parents who received child-parent relationship training (CPRT). Results present the essence of the participants' largely affirmative experience of CPRT in regard to structure of the sessions, general applicability and helpfulness, and interrelatedness between the child-parent relationship model and the participants' parenting beliefs. Cultural considerations and implications are also discussed.
According to the most recent U.S. Surgeon General's report on mental health, it is crucial for family counselors to use parents and families as partners in delivery of mental health services for children. Filial therapy, a unique, evidenced-based approach, may be useful for fulfilling the aforementioned mandate because filial therapy teaches parents to be the primary therapeutic agent of change in the lives of their children. This article overviews the basic principles and procedures of filial therapy training and provides a case study illustrating this strategy for building strong parent-child relationships.
The authors developed a skills checklist for use in teaching reflecting skills to play-therapists-in-training using the modality of group play therapy. Specifically, the skill sheet uses the construct areas of connect, capable, count, and courage, described in Adlerian play therapy literature as the Crucial Cs. The authors describe how the Crucial Cs can be used as a structure to facilitate deeper reflections on meaning in a context of Adlerian group play. The authors offer the Group Play Therapy Skills Checklist as a tool for supervisors to use when working with play-therapists-in-training.
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