Counselling Parents of Children with Chronic Illness or Disability

This book aims to help medical staff and carers relate to parents in ways that facilitate their adaptation to their child's illness. The key to this is in effective communication. 1. Setting the scene.

2. Family adaptation to the disease.

3. Helping, aims, relationship and process.

4. Initiation and exploration.

5. Helping parents change.

6. Problem solving.

7. Final issues.

Hilton Davis is Professor of Child Health Psychology at the United Medical and Dental Schools at Guy's Hospital, London, UK. This book aims to help medical staff and carers relate to parents in ways that facilitate their adaptation to their child's illness. The key to this is in effective communication.