TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrative family therapy for disputes involving child custody and visitation
AU - Lebow, Jay
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - This article describes integrative multilevel family therapy for disputes involving child custody and visitation, a multiple-level systems-based treatment specifically targeted at those engaged in intractable conflicts over child custody and visitation. Parents and children engaged in these conflicts are at risk for a variety of difficulties. Key aspects of the approach include the articulation of clear therapy contracts, the utilization of multiple therapy session formats, the maintenance of a systemic perspective, intervention on multiple system levels, the tailoring of intervention strategy based in an assessment of the locus of difficulty in each case, planning for intervention over time, and working at the interface of the legal system in order to impact on these problems.
AB - This article describes integrative multilevel family therapy for disputes involving child custody and visitation, a multiple-level systems-based treatment specifically targeted at those engaged in intractable conflicts over child custody and visitation. Parents and children engaged in these conflicts are at risk for a variety of difficulties. Key aspects of the approach include the articulation of clear therapy contracts, the utilization of multiple therapy session formats, the maintenance of a systemic perspective, intervention on multiple system levels, the tailoring of intervention strategy based in an assessment of the locus of difficulty in each case, planning for intervention over time, and working at the interface of the legal system in order to impact on these problems.
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U2 - 10.1037/0893-3200.17.2.181
DO - 10.1037/0893-3200.17.2.181
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12828015
AN - SCOPUS:0038604756
SN - 0893-3200
VL - 17
SP - 181
EP - 192
JO - Journal of Family Psychology
JF - Journal of Family Psychology
IS - 2
ER -