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Short‐term Residential Therapy for the Family: The Eastling Parentcraft Centre Project
Author(s) -
Corbet Hildegard,
Palmer Kay
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1986.tb01180.x
Subject(s) - neglect , feeling , project commissioning , residential care , work (physics) , family therapy , social isolation , residential area , isolation (microbiology) , social work , psychology , city centre , publishing , sociology , medicine , engineering , psychotherapist , social psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , political science , civil engineering , mechanical engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , law , biology
This paper describes a short‐term residential family therapy project which has been developed at the Eastling Parentcraft Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand. The Eastling Parentcraft Centre provides a community based residential programme for families who have difficulties in family relationships and child management, and with parental self‐esteem. The problems may concern bonding, separation, neglect and risk of abuse, lack of social support, and feelings of isolation. The Centre's project is described together with an evaluation of the work with families during the second year of the project's operation. Some aspects of this type of residential work with families are also discussed.