Diana Siskind is on the faculty of the New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and maintains a private practice that encompasses consultation with parents and supervision in addition to the treatment of adults and children.
This is an excellent book. It is informative, highly readable and a
fine addition to the libraries of analysts whether they work with
parents of not.
*Nmcop Newsletter*
Diana Siskind addresses a most neglected aspect of child treatment
in her new book ,Working with Parents. In a forthright and clear
manner, she examines the interplay of therapeutic aims and
therapeutic technique in child treatment form a psychoanalytic
developmental point of view. Siskind's talent for writing about the
complexities of guiding parents through the child treatment process
is matched only by her exemplary clinical skill that is readily
apparent in her many case vignettes.
*Clinical Social Work Journal*
This is a book that has a wealth of thought provoking, practical
material to offer to both the practitioner beginning work in child
treatment as well as the most experienced clinician. It is not just
a book for the child therapists. Its principles are the cornerstone
of any analytically informed treatment. Highly recommended.
*Journal Of Psychoanalytic Social Work*
Diana Siskind has an extraordinary gift for combining a fine-tuned
therapeutic instrument with the literary talent to articulate the
psychoanalytically informed process of evaluation and treatment of
the adults who present at her consulting room with their
children.
*Muriel Gold Morris M.D.*
Until now, there was no literature on the relationship of the child
therapist to the parents. In a brilliant and elegantly written
book, Diana Siskind has filled the vacuum. She answers basic
questions, such as whether the parent is a patient, how to deal
with parents as auxiliaries to the treatment of the child, and how
to deal with the parent who is in treatment independently, and
presents clinical illustrations with exceptional sensitivity.
*Gertrude Blanck, Ph.D.*
Diana Siskind's remarkable Working with Parents is a
'can't-do-without' book for veteran and beginning child therapists
alike. Her thoughtful approach weaves a scholarly and pragmatic
framework for understanding and engaging parents that shines the
light of experience and wisdom on this dark, routinely neglected,
and most challenging area of psychoanalytic endeavor. By combining
theory with clinical examples, Siskind guides us through the
complex and confusing clinical issues confronting those who
struggle diligently to create and maintain a successful alliance
with parents. Her unique observations and reflections, clearly
culled from the career of a gifted and dedicated clinician, offer
rare insights, enriching to even the most seasoned
practitioner.
*Michael Schwartzman, Ph.D.*
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