The Child-Parent Psychotherapy for Family Violence (CPP-FV) is an intervention that is based on attachment, psychodynamic, social learning, and cognitive-behavioral theories (Borrego, …show more content…
Within the sessions, the practitioner works effectively with the mother to play with the child, demonstrating effective protecting play and behaviors. CPP-FV is focused on normalizing and understanding the affective states of mother and child, providing emotional support, and fostering the development of the parent-child relationship through communication, play, and physical exchange (Borrego, Gutow, Reicher, & Baker, 2008). Studies shown that this treatment can decrease the severity of the mother and children’s maladaptive indications (Borrego, Gutow, Reicher, & Baker, 2008).
The Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a parent-focused, evidence-based, behavioral intervention for disruptive behavior problems in young children between the ages of 2 to 7 years old (Borrego, Gutow, Reicher, & Baker, 2008). Research grounds that dysfunctional parent-child interaction can lead to the growth and maintenance of conduct problems, whereas; authoritative parenting leads to positive child results (Borrego, Gutow, Reicher, & Baker, 2008). PCIT focuses on the parent-child relationship where the parent and child are in treatment together (Borrego, Gutow, Reicher, & Baker, 2008). The goal of the treatment is