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Family Therapy and Young Children A Case of Potential Child Abuse
Author(s) -
Prior Graham
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0156-8779
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1980.tb00136.x
Subject(s) - anger , constructive , family therapy , distress , child abuse , psychology , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , suicide prevention , poison control , medical emergency , computer science , process (computing) , operating system
Parental distress often places young children in grave danger of physical abuse. In this paper a family therapy approach is used with a single parent family with young children where physical abuse is a distinct possibility. The paper outlines some of the basic concepts used in the therapy and focuses on the effective use of relabelling as a means to diffuse anger and open the way for constructive change within the family system.