Chapter 10
On Visitation Resistance and Refusal
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that “When Mommy got mad at Daddy, she stopped loving him” and,
therefore, “If she gets mad at me, she’ll stop loving me, too.”
When this dynamic is in force, three remedies are called for. First,
caregivers must craft a script that explains the adult relationships as
distinct from the child’s relationship with her caregivers. For example,
“adult love can break, and ours did. Parent–child love cannot break,
and ours won’t.” Second, enrolling the child in outpatient psychotherapy
both as a “port in the storm” and explicitly to improve assertiveness
and self-advocacy skills may also be necessary. Third, caregivers must
genuinely understand and model for their kids that anger is not the
antithesis of love, that it is, in fact, a healthy part of a loving relationship.
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