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Overview
How can you as a parent tell the difference between mere "growing pains" and more serious problems requiring therapeutic treatment? What should you expect from your child's therapy? And what will the process be like for your child as well as for you? When Your Child Needs Help will help you find the answers to these and other pressing questions about one of the most important decisions you may face as a parent. In an intimate tour of the therapy playroom, noted psychologist Dr. Norma Doft offers valuable insights for parents whose children are showing signs of emotional distress. Her warm and compelling narrative follows the cases of four principal children and also features many briefer anecdotes that explore the inner world of the child and provide parents with the next best thing to a private consultation. As sensitive to the views and concerns of adults as she is to the feelings of troubled children, Dr. Doft provides assuring advice to help parents evaluate therapies and determine their own responsibilities in the psychological care of their child. While emphasizing the indispensable role of the professional therapist in evaluating and treating troubled children, Dr. Doft reveals how informed, confident parents can not only participate in their child's therapy but also speed it along. Throughout, she helps parents see that their child's problems are neither unique nor unsolvable. As compassionate as it is informative, When Your Child Needs Help is invaluable for parents considering therapy, as well as for those with children already in therapy and for professionals to recommend to concerned parents.Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
Children face many challenges on the path from infancy to adulthood, and sometimes these prove to be more than they can cope with. When this happens, a parent may have to make the difficult decision to seek professional help. Collaborating with New York freelancer Aria, Doft, a child psychologist, provides valuable guidelines for parents to use in determining whether a child is feeling unduly harsh growing pains, and when professional intervention is needed. She suggests how to choose the therapist best suited to the needs of a young patient. And she mentions many examples from her own experience to illustrate not only what a child is likely to experience in therapy, but what a parent's role should be. Doft devotes a lot of attention to the contributions of parents to successful therapy: where they should bolster the work being done, and how they can cope with concomitant problems of their own. Finally, she discusses progress, regression and terminating therapy. Recognizing that a child needs emotional help may be a wrenching step to take, but Doft's book will reassure parents who must take it. Feb.Library Journal
Doft, a child psychologist with a practice in New York, offers a comprehensive guide for those concerned about a child's emotional growth. The first two chapters deal with the difficult question of whether a child is having normal ``growing pains,'' or is in need of outside help. Doft describes the therapy process for both child and parent, and explains how to evaluate the child's treatment. Both the tone and language of the text are clear and professional. Doft strongly believes that a parent is key to a child's success in therapy and should be part of the treatment team. Many parents faced with the need to find help for their children lack experience with therapy, and Doft inspires confidence and understanding through her explanations and case examples. Highly recommended for parenting collections.-- Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, Md.Book Details
Published
February 4, 1992
Publisher
New York : Harmony Books, c1992.
Pages
240
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780517580462