Working with children in therapy nearly always involves working with parents. Working with parents can be more challenging than working with children. This is a practical book that outlines ways of gaining rapport, working with parents and creating useful resource materials. Example activities, worksheets and information sheets are provided, covering a wide range of children's problems and ways parents can help them. Some of the themes running through the book are creativity, parental empowerment, positive parenting, using literature and making therapy fun