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- Title
When Migration Separates Children and Parents: Searching for Repair.
- Authors
Lieberman, Alicia F.; Bucio, Griselda Oliver
- Abstract
This article describes the impact on young children of sudden and extended separation from a primary attachment figure. It recommends clinical intervention when the child's development and family functioning are negatively affected by the severity of the child's symptoms, and it highlights key treatment modalities derived from Child--Parent Psychotherapy, including the importance of "speaking the unspeakable," defined as affirming reality by giving words to the separation and its sequelae and the importance of offering a safe space for the child's expression of sadness, anger, and fear in the supportive presence of the caregiver. Two clinical examples illustrate treatment while the separation is ongoing and after reunion takes place.
- Subjects
EMIGRATION &; immigration &; psychology; MENTAL illness treatment; ANGER; ATTACHMENT behavior; CHILD development; CHILD behavior; FEAR; PARENT-child relationships; PSYCHOTHERAPY; FAMILY relations; CAREGIVER attitudes; SEVERITY of illness index; CHILDREN
- Publication
Zero to Three, 2018, Vol 39, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
0736-8038
- Publication type
Article