The good divorce : a psychoanalytic exploration of separation, divorce, and childcare /

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Author / Creator:Leonoff, Arthur, 1947- author.
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
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ISBN:9781782202707
1782202706
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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