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Informationen zum Autor John Sommers-Flanagan ! PhD! is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counselor Education at The University of Montana. He serves as a psychological consultant with Trapper Creek Job Corps! a vocational and educational facility. His research interests include clinical interviewing! parent consultations! and adolescent psychotherapy. Rita Sommers-Flanagan ! PhD! is a Professor in the Department of Counselor Education at The University of Montana. She provides mental health consultation at the Missoula Vet Center and Trapper Creek Job Corps. She has taught and written in the area of applied! practical ethics for the past fifteen years. Klappentext Few resources exist that teach mental health practitioners the building block skills of working effectively with parents. Based in research, theory, and years of experience in working successfully with all types of parents, John and Rita Sommers-Flanagan provide mental health professionals with the tools to build rapport and trust with parents. Filled with strategies for working with parents, this book covers the practical techniques of parenting such as problem-solving interventions, discipline, authority issues, and much more. Zusammenfassung Few resources exist that teach mental health practitioners the building block skills of working effectively with parents. Based in research! theory! and years of experience in working successfully with all types of parents! John and Rita Sommers-Flanagan provide mental health professionals with the tools to build rapport and trust with parents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Case Examples ix Preface xi PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING AND BEING WITH PARENTS CHAPTER ONE A Way of Being With Parents 3 CHAPTER TWO Preparing Yourself to Work Effectively With Parents 17 CHAPTER THREE What Parents Want: A Model for Understanding Adult Influence 33 PART TWO: STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH PARENTS CHAPTER FOUR From Initial Contact to Assessment: Building and Maintaining a Working Relationship With Parents 57 CHAPTER FIVE Collaborative Problem Formulation 75 CHAPTER SIX Creating and Providing Guidance! Advice! and Solutions 93 PART THREE: PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR PARENTING CHALLENGES CHAPTER SEVEN Teaching Relationship-Based Interventions to Parents 113 CHAPTER EIGHT Sharing Power to Gain Influence: Indirect and Problem-Solving Interventions 133 CHAPTER NINE A New-and-Improved Behaviorism: Child-Friendly but Direct Approaches to Discipline 153 CHAPTER TEN Ongoing Contact! Complications! and Referrals 177 CHAPTER ELEVEN Dealing With Special Situations and Issues 195 Appendix A: An Annotated Bibliography of Parenting Books 209 Appendix B: Tip Sheets for Parents 217 Appendix C: Parent Satisfaction and Counselor Reflection Inventory 229 Appendix D: Master List of Attitudes! Strategies! and Interventions 233 Appendix E: Chapter Checklists 235 Appendix F: Parent Homework Assignments 241 References 261 Author Index 271 Subject Index 275 ...
