Main description:

This book provides the reader with principles to inform evaluation, formulation, and treatment in their work with parents. It offers clinical examples followed by clinical formulations offering illustrations of the application of one approach to diverse clinical challenges in the context of working with parents, grandparents, and other caregivers.

Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section I
Chapter 1. Mentalization and Parental Reflective Functioning in the Context of Development
Chapter 2. Our Mentalizing Framework: Building on a Foundation of Epistemic Trust and Mentalizing Affectivity
Chapter 3. Developmental Psychopathology: Ghosts in the Nursery
Chapter 4. Assessment with Parents from a Mentalizing Approach
Chapter 5. Mentalization Informed Treatment with Parents: A Scaffolding Process
Section II
Chapter 6. Parenting Today
Chapter 7. Just a Twinkle in My Eye: Mentalizing and the Transition to Parenthood
Chapter 8. Learning to Let Your Child Walk Away and Come Back: Mentalizing the Toddler Years
Chapter 9. Working with Parents of School Age Children (5 to 12)
Chapter 10. Adolescence: Redefining Boundaries
Chapter 11. David and Goliath: Mentalizing Young Adulthood
Chapter 12. Couple Therapy with and for Parents
Chapter 13. Concluding Remarks: Bringing It All Together Is Never Easy
References
Appendix: Assessment Measures and Treatment Adherence
About the Authors