Garry L. Landreth - Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT): An Evidence-Based 10-Session Filial Therapy Model

This is a true second edition, with six new chapters! The applications for working with toddlers and tweens are specific, detailed, and wonderful. The discussion of how neuroscience aligns with CPRT is insightful. An exploration of CPRT research, along with the evidence-based designation, adds informative value. Other additions for using CPRT with adoptive families, teachers, and discussion of cultural issues round out the core chapters for the 10-session model! It is a treat to read and experience!

Linda E. Homeyer, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S,
distinguished professor emerita at Texas State University and director emerita at the Association for Play Therapy

In their new edition, Landreth and Bratton build on their ground-breaking original CPRT treatment approach to provide an updated and expanded model that is practical, evidence-based, and applied to parents of toddlers through preadolescents as well as adoptive families and other systemic partners. Additionally, the authors have integrated interpersonal neurobiology and recent treatment research to provide rationale that makes a difference for child-parent relationships.

Dee C. Ray, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, RPT-S,
distinguished teaching professor and director of the Center for Play Therapy, University of North Texas

CPRT has been empirically demonstrated to improve child-parent relationships and child behaviors. This protocol for therapists provides the essentials needed to implement the program successfully. The notebook for parents expands on the principles, allowing parents to apply them to home situations. These resources enable users to experience the full value of CPRT.

Louise Guerney, PhD, RPT-S,
professor emerita at Penn State University, co-developer of Filial Therapy, and faculty member of the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement (NIRE)

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), grounded in the attitudes and principles of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), is based on the belief that a parent acting as an agent for change in place of a play therapist has potential for significant and lasting therapeutic gains. This newly expanded and revised edition of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) describes training objectives, essential skills and concepts taught in each session, as well as the format for supervising parents play sessions. Transcripts of actual sessions demonstrate process and content in the 10 CPRT training sessions. Research demonstrating the effectiveness of CPRT on child and parent outcomes is presented in support of CPRTs designation as an evidence-based treatment model.

This second edition is updated to include six new chapters exploring the topics of cultural considerations for working with ethnically and racially diverse families, neuroscience support for CPRT, and adaptions for specific populations including parents of toddlers, parents of preadolescents, adoptive families, and the teacher/student relationship. The authors expertise and experience results in a book that is essential reading for both students and professionals. By using this text and the accompanying treatment manual, filial therapists will have a complete package for training parents in the CPRT model.

Garry L. Landreth, EdD, LPC, RPT-S, is regents professor emeritus, department of counseling and higher education, and founder and director emeritus, Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas.

Sue C. Bratton, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, is professor emerita, department of counseling and higher education, and director emerita, Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas.

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