| Description |
xxv, 409 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
The courtroom: a multidisciplinary collaboration -- What judges want (and children dream) -- A lawyer's considerations in selecting a mental health expert -- Representation of the child to the court: the law guardian and guardian ad litem -- Considering custody evaluations: the thrills and the chills -- Ethical and legal considerations in child custody evaluations -- Parental psychopathology and its impact on the child. Home is where the hurt is: developmental consequences of domestic conflict and violence on children and adolescents -- Soul blindness: a child must be seen to be heard -- Betrayal of the family: the parental affair as family incest -- Parental alienation: the creation of a false reality. -- Parents' rights and responsibilities. When should courts be empowered to make child-rearing decisions? -- Divorce and custody in a changing society -- The rights of parents and stepparents: toward a redefinition of parental rights and obligations -- When the state has custody: the fragile bond of mothers and their infants on the prison nursery -- When families cannot be healed: the limits of parental rights -- The forensic expert's challenge: making recommendations in the best interests of children. The developmental evolution of the family forensic evaluation -- Empirically assisted assessment of family systems -- Parents' sensitivity to the child's creative and spiritual core: an overlooked consideration in child custody determinations -- Evaluation of allegations of child sexual abuse in child custody disputes -- The dilemma of visitation. Tailoring parental visitation orders to the developmental needs of children of divorce -- An attachment theory framework for planning infant and toddler visitation arrangements in never-married, separated, and divorced families -- Visitation in high-conflict families: the impact on a child's inner life -- Supervised visitation: preserving the rights of children and their parents -- Relocation: parents' needs, children's interests -- Aftermath and healing. Experiencing the absent father: in sight and inside -- Psychotherapy with children and parents during divorce -- Clinical work with parents in entrenched custody disputes -- Parental divorce and developmental progression: an inquiry into their relationship. |
| Subject |
Divorce -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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Custody of children -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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| Added Author |
Gunsberg, Linda.
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Hymowitz, Paul.
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| ISBN |
0881634123 |
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