“Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health Practitioners”

Bachay, Judith B., and Barbara M. Buzzi. American Counseling Association Journal (2012): 1-11.

By outlining the rising prevalence of grandfamilies in the U.S., the authors of this article call for mental health practitioners to adjust their services to better meet the complex needs of grandfamilies. Specifically they identify three types of family therapy that could be useful in serving grandfamilies: filial family therapy, narrative therapy, structural therapy.