| Date: |
Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| Time: |
10:30 am - 12:30 pm |
| Program No: |
C200 |
| CE Credits: |
2 |
| Tuition: |
$40 |
| Instructor: |
Timothy Davis, PhD |
| Location: |
MSPP |
| Description: |
In working with school-aged children, parents can be the therapist’s greatest ally or most challenging opponent. Parents’ anxieties about their child being in treatment (worry about being blamed for the child’s problems, worry that the therapy won’t be helpful, etc.) can lead to resistances (cancelling appointments, bringing the child late to appointments, pulling the child from treatment) that interfere with the child’s individual treatment. Additionally, parents’ unresolved psychological issues can support problematic family dynamics that maintain the child’s symptoms and undercut the therapy’s capacity to resolve them. In this workshop, Dr. Davis will describe how to establish a strong therapeutic alliance with parents that eases parents’ anxieties, supports their investment in their child’s treatment, and enables the therapist to intervene with the parents to change problematic aspects of their relationship with their child. |
| Objective: |
N/A |
| Pre-Requisite: |
N/A |
| To Register: |
PDF Registration Form; How to Register |
