The good divorce : a psychoanalytic exploration of separation, divorce, and childcare /
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Author / Creator: | Leonoff, Arthur, 1947- author. |
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Imprint: | London : Karnas, 2015. |
Description: | xix, 252 pages ; 23 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10377524 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Author's Note
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The good divorce
- Every spouse deserves the opportunity to know they have a bad marriage before being left
- Avoid blame
- Honesty and respect for due process is the best policy
- Everyone left deserves an explanation
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Post-divorce adjustment
- One step at a time
- Rebuilding a life: getting it together
- What to do with toxic emotions
- The role of counseling and psychotherapy
- The role of mediation
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Telling the children
- Young children: preschool years
- Primary school aged children
- Pubescent and adolescent years
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4. Caring for children post-divorce
- From one home to the other: the exchange or transition
- The care system
- Post-divorce family system
- Power sharing
- Time and power
- Money and power
- Decision-making and power
- Boundaries
- Communication patterns
- Broader context of family
- Step-parent role
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Custody and access
- Sole custody
- Joint custody
- Other types of custody
- Further comments on custody
- Access arrangements
- Infancy
- Overnight care-babies and young children
- Toddlerhood
- Preschool
- School-aged
- Pre-adolescence
- Adolescence
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6. Divorce, parenting, and families
- Parental relationships
- Motherhood and fatherhood-core identity
- Stepchild, step-parent and stepfamily
- Parental desire and expectation
- Identity formation
- Loss and uncertainty
- Blended families
- The parent/step-parent relationship
- Succeeding as a step-parent
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7. High conflict and the pathologies of divorce
- Failure of divorce
- Transitional object
- Parental alienation
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Space for discovery
- Self-discovery
- Search for new meaning
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References