Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce - Paperback

by Carla B. Garrity (Author), Mitchell a. Baris (Author)

Takes a hard look at the consequences of intense conflict between divorced parents

This book explores both the causes and consequences of high-level, stressful conflict between divorced parents on their children's development. It also provides concrete advice to help parents work together to the benefit of all involved, most importantly the children.

Front Jacket

A timely, practical book. It is clearly written; comples family dynamics are well illustrated and made understandable...a valuable source book for legal and mental health professionals, as well as parents themselves.
--Janet R. Johnston, Ph.D., Center for the Family in Transition and co-author of Impasses of Divorce

Author Biography

Continued, unresolved conflict between divorced parents is the major obstacle to their children's adjustment in childhood as well as later in life. Carla Garrity and Mitchell Baris, child psychologists who have concentrated in the field of divorce for twenty years, explore both the causes and consequences of post-divorce conflict and offer concrete advice to help parents work together to the benefit of all involved, most importantly the children.