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Tandem treatment: A model for work with parents of troubled children

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The complexity of individual work with parents whose children are in treatment because of their difficulties is explicated. An exploratory study of 15 mothers' experiences with such treatment is reported. The focus of the study was on parents' expectations, their relationships with their own and their child's clinician, the process of treatment and termination. The findings are integrated with relevant literature and clinical experience to provide a tandem treatment model in which emphasis is placed on clarifying parents' expectations, working with parents' individual issues as well as their role as parents, and focusing first on their children's problems, then gradually moving to the parents' concerns about their own problems.

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  1. Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College, 02167, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

    Carolyn B. Thomas Ph.D. (professor)

  2. Smith College School, Social Work, USA

    Nancy Staver M.S.W. (research advisor)

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  1. Carolyn B. Thomas Ph.D.
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  2. Nancy Staver M.S.W.
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Ms. Staver is a retired Chief Psychiatric Social Worker, Judge Baker Guidance Center

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Thomas, C.B., Staver, N. Tandem treatment: A model for work with parents of troubled children. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 3, 222–234 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00758254

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