Intensive Child Parent Relationship Therapy With Israeli Parents in Israel

This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of an intensive child parent relationship therapy (CPRT)-filial therapy training ( G. L. Landreth & S. Bratton, 2006 )-as a method of intervention for Israeli parents in Israel, families who are experiencing prolonged stress and trauma since Israel's creation. Results of the multivariate analysis of covariance revealed that the Israeli parents in the experimental group (14 parents) significantly increased their level of empathic interactions with their children and their attitude of acceptance toward their children and significantly reduced their level of stress related to parenting as compared with parents in the nontreatment comparison group (13 parents). This study supports the use of CPRT for promoting the child-parent relationship in Israeli parents living in Israel.