Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Treatment Manual: A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model for Training Parents

About this book

This manual is the highly recommended companion to CPRT: A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model. Accompanied by a CD-Rom of training materials which allows for ease of reproduction and enhanced usability the workbook will help the facilitator of the filial training and will provide a much needed educational outline to allow filial therapists to pass their knowledge on to parents. The Treatment Manual provides a comprehensive outline and detailed guidelines for each of the ten sessions facilitating the training process for both the parents and the therapist. The book contains a designed structure for the therapy training described in the book with child-centered play therapy principles and skills such as reflective listening recognizing and responding to childrens feelings therapeutic limit setting building childrens self-esteem and structuring required weekly play sessions with their children using a special kit of selected toys. Bratton and her co-authors recommend teaching aids course materials and activities for each session as well as worksheets for parents to complete between sessions. By using this workbook and CD-Rom to accompany the CPRT book filial therapy leaders will have a complete package for use in training parents to act as therapeutic agents with their own children. They provide the therapist with a complete package for training parents to act as therapeutic agents with their own children.