<P><EM>Parents Are Our Other Client: Ideas for Therapists, Social Workers, Support Workers, and Teachers </EM>stands out among the vast literature on counseling children and families by finally giving therapists, social workers, support workers, and<I> </I>teachers the tools necessary to work with the single most significant influence on children: the parents.</P>
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<LI>Explains in an accessible and readable format how parenting patterns are learned unconsciously during early childhood and emerge later, when people become parents.</LI>
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<LI>Delivers a comprehensive and practical guide for professionals working to help parents see their children differently and change the way they interact with their children. </LI>
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<LI>Clarifies why directing attention to the non-verbal areas of a parent's brain with techniques such as imaging is essential for achieving a shift away from early learned patterns.</LI>
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<LI>Examines how a professional's own childhood experience influences the way he or she works with parents and how professionals can shift to more positive responding even with the most resistant parent.</LI>
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<LI>Provides informative clinical illustrations based on current research and the authors' extensive clinical and supervisory experience. </LI>
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