Family Intervention and Parental Involvement in the Facilitation of Mourning in a 4-Year-Old Boy

Muir, Elisabeth; Speirs, Ann; Tod, Ginny

doi:10.1080/00797308.1988.11822752

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“…The interventions included: play therapy (6), expressive arts therapy (2), cognitivebehavioral therapy (2), family therapy (2), combination of play therapy and expressive arts therapy (1), and other unspecified therapeutic orientations (4). The two family therapy studies involved play therapy or play-based intervention with children within the family therapy model (Black & Urbanowicz, 1987;Muir, Speirs, & Tod, 1988). The interventions with unspecified orientations generally included psychoeducation and play-based activities.…”

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“…Of these 17 studies, six included 3-5 year olds exclusively (Brown et al, 2004;Donovan et al, 1995;Glazer & Clark, 1999;Muir et al, 1988;Zeanah & Burk, 1984;Zelenko & Benham 2002). A common factor of five out of these six articles was play therapy for the preschool aged child (Donovan et al, 1995;Glazer & Clark, 1999;Muir et al, 1988;Zeanah & Burk, 1984;Zelenko & Benham 2002). Four of these articles (Donovan et al, 1995;Muir et al, 1988;Zeanah & Burk, 1984;Zelenko & Benham 2002) reported significant qualitative results, such as decreased behavioral and cognitive symptoms, due to play based therapies.…”

Section: -5 Year Olds Exclusivelymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A common factor of five out of these six articles was play therapy for the preschool aged child (Donovan et al, 1995;Glazer & Clark, 1999;Muir et al, 1988;Zeanah & Burk, 1984;Zelenko & Benham 2002). Four of these articles (Donovan et al, 1995;Muir et al, 1988;Zeanah & Burk, 1984;Zelenko & Benham 2002) reported significant qualitative results, such as decreased behavioral and cognitive symptoms, due to play based therapies. Brown et al's (2004) research yielded some quantitative evidence in which their Traumatic Grief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TG-CBT) decreased a 5-year-old child's psychological and behavioral symptoms.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Brown et al's (2004) research yielded some quantitative evidence in which their Traumatic Grief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TG-CBT) decreased a 5-year-old child's psychological and behavioral symptoms. A common denominator of all six articles was a family, or parent-child, component (Brown et al, 2004;Donovan et al, 1995;Glazer & Clark, 1999;Muir et al, 1988;Zeanah & Burk, 1984;Zelenko & Benham 2002). Glazer and Clark (1999) found that a family centered program, as well as filial therapy, yielded some evidence of a stronger parent-child relationship.…”

Section: -5 Year Olds Exclusivelymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Interventions for Young Bereaved Children: A Systematic Review and Implications for School Mental Health Providers

Chen

Panebianco

2017

Child Youth Care Forum

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Background: Many young children experience the death of a family member and they may be at risk for developing psychological and behavioral problems, but not much is known about how to help young children cope with such a stressful and painful experience. Objective: The purposes of this study are to identify the interventions for bereaved young children and examine the effectiveness of the interventions. Method: A systematic review of the literature was performed to investigate the effects of interventions for preschool-age children (3-5 years) who experience the death of a family member. Results: Seventeen studies that met the inclusion criteria for the purpose of this review were identified. All of the studies involved a small sample, and majority of the studies mixed preschool children with other older children in the sample. Play-based therapies were the most common interventions for grieving young children. Involving parents in the interventions, regardless of their therapeutic orientation, was a critical ingredient. Conclusions: Limited empirical evidence of positive intervention outcomes for preschool-age bereaved children was available. Surviving parents were seen as an important agent to help young children grieve and cope with the experience of loss. Implications for school mental health practice and research are provided.

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Section: -5 Year Olds Exclusivelymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: -5 Year Olds Exclusivelymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: -5 Year Olds Exclusivelymentioning

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Interventions for Young Bereaved Children: A Systematic Review and Implications for School Mental Health Providers

Chen

Panebianco

2017

Child Youth Care Forum

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“…Gardner (1990) suggested taping child therapy sessions to play at home in order to encourage family discussion and include the often uninvolved father in the therapy. Muir, Speirs, and Tod (1988) invited a mother and therapist together behind the mirror to observe the 4-year-old boy in time-limited play therapy. The child's symptoms were circumscribed, relating to the trauma of having witnessed his father's accidental death.…”

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Treating a High-Risk Mother–child Relationship

Sheppard¹

2005

Clin Soc Work J

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In this paper, the author presents detailed clinical material to portray the experience of intensive therapy shared with a young school-aged boy and his very troubled mother. The therapy involved a challenging combination of triadic sessions along with dyadic child-therapist sessions observed by the boy's mother from behind a one-way mirror. The discussion centers on the impact of complex transference and countertransference experiences and recommends conjoint sessions as the first option when treating young school-aged children in relationship with a highly troubled parent.KEY WORDS: parent-child psychotherapy; high risk parent; mother-child relationship; child psychotherapy; mother-child psychotherapy. TREATING THE HIGH-RISK MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP:A CASE STUDY Shared parent-child therapy, although a relatively recent innovation in the field of child psychotherapy, is becoming a more frequent practice when the child is very young and the parent relatively healthy. In this paper, however, I will describe the joint therapy of a I am indebted to Jacqueline Hanley for her support and encouragement, without which this paper might not have been written. Thanks are also due to Jack Howard MLS for his reference assistance.

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