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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2021
Non-violent resistance (NVR) is an approach to families, schools, and communities that is inspired by the doctrine championed by Mahatma Gandhi and by Martin Luther King, Jr. At first sight, it may seem puzzling that an approach that was developed for resisting political oppression effectively and morally should be found relevant for helping parents of children with behavior problems. Parents are not usually in a position of weakness relative to their children, nor do they experience themselves as oppressed. Nevertheless, the moment we understood that the principles and methods of sociopolitical NVR could help in our therapeutic work with parents, enormous possibilities opened up. To understand this, we must recapitulate what, in our view, was missing (and still is) in psychotherapists’ work with parents.
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