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Guidelines for the Role of Therapist for Court-Involved Families

By Jeffrey P. Wittmann

At the dispositional phase of Family and Supreme Court matters, a question often looms over the legal advocates for parents and their children: Is there any way to help these people? Judges, parent advocates and attorneys for the children have to then reach into the toolbox available in their locality for therapists or programs that match the family's needs.

Unfortunately, in addition to being confronted with a paucity of services tailored for court-involved parents and children, advocates are left to choose among practitioners who often have no, or minimal, training specific to intervening with this unique population of clients. This state of affairs is quite worrisome, given the complex, multi-system, and ethically perilous nature of such work.

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