Helping Families in Family Centres

(r)MDNMIntroduction, Linnet McMahon, University of Reading and Adrian Ward, University of East Anglia. Part 1. 1. Theory for practice in therapeutic family centres, Adrian Ward, University of East Anglia 2. Understanding parent-child relationships: Attachment and the inner world, Linnet McMahon, University of Reading. 3. Assessment and implications for intervention using an attachment perspective, Steve Farnfield, University of Reading. 4. Working therapeutically with children and parents in family centres, Linnet McMahon, University of Reading and Viv Dacre, formerly of Castlefield Family Centre. Part 2. 5. Therapeutic work, play and play therapy with children in family centres, Linnet McMahon, with case studies by Rosemary Lilley, Greenbam House Family Units, and Denise Ledger. 6. A systemic approach to working with black families: Experiences in family service units, Yvonne Bailey Smith, Queen's Park Family Service Units. 7. Working with men in family centres, Paul Collett, Guardian ad Litem. 8. 'Holding' as a way of enabling change in a statutory family centre, Sarah Musgrave, Gladstone Street Children's Resource Centre. 9. A family centre approach to early therapeutic intervention for young children and their families, Denise Ledger, Family Services Manager. 10. Developing and auditing a local family centre feeding to thrive service, Anton Green, Penn Crescent Family Centre, Anne Kyle, Health Visitor and Madeleine St Clair, Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath. 11. Management issues in creating a therapeutic environment, Christine Stones, New Fulford Family Centre. 12. Managing the impact of anxiety on the primary task of a family centre, Rosemary Lilley, Greenbam House Family Centre. Part 3. 13. Soft structuring: the NEWPIN way of delivering empowerment, Anne Jenkins Hansen, NEWPIN. Part 4. 14. Transfer of learning: Reflections on a student placement in a family centre, Laraine Beavis, Paediatric Social Worker. Conclusion, Adrian Ward, University of East Anglia and Linnet McMahon, University of Reading. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

This book looks in detail at the delivery and management of therapeutic work in family centres. It offers practical guidance for professionals working with children and families. Therapeutic interventions discussed include play therapy with children, systemic work with black families and working with men. It would be of interest not only to family centre workers who work with children and families, but also to health visitors, teachers and mental health professionals.