Parents as therapeutic agents: The usefulness of filial therapy in a community mental health center
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Community Psychology
- Vol. 4 (1) , 47-54
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00881001
Abstract
Filial Therapy, a program training parents as play therapists for their own children, has been found an effective part of the functioning of a child unit in a community mental health center. The basic philosophy and principles of Filial Therapy are identified. The use of parents as therapists is viewed as consistent with the growth of the community mental health movement and the concept of treating the context in which the child resides. The structure and flexibility of this model are delineated to provide the reader with a basis to introduce Filial Therapy in his/her own setting.Keywords
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