This practical guide provides a robust positive-parenting framework for professionals coaching
parents of infants toddlers and primary school children. The first half of the book explains
behaviorist and attachment theories of parenting comparing contrasting and synthesizing them
into an effective research-informed approach to practice. The second half shows these
guidelines in action using play therapy as a means to improve disruptive child behaviors
correct harsh parenting practices and address root causes of adversarial parent-child
relationships. Throughout these chapters vivid composite cases demonstrate not only common
parent-child impasses but also therapist empathy flexibility and self-awareness. This
innovative text: Makes a rigorous case for a combined behavioral attachment approach to parent
coaching. Reviews current data on behavioral and attachment-based parenting interventions.
Details the use of an attachment-informed approach to providing behavioral interventions such
as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and Helping the Noncompliant Child. Illustrates how parent
coaching can be tailored to match different patterns of attachment. Includes tools for
evaluating coaching sessions. Integrating Behaviorism and Attachment Theory in Parent Coaching
is an essential guide for professionals graduate students and researchers in clinical child
and school psychology social work pediatrics mental health counseling and nursing.
