Part I Understanding; Chapter 1 Mapping the Territory; Chapter 2 Causation: An Integrative Framework; Chapter 3 Multilateral Consequences of Parentification; Part II Treatment and Prevention; Chapter 4 Evaluating Childhood Parentification: The I-D-C Model; Chapter 5 Treating Destructively Parentified Children and Their Families: Systemic and Ethical Perspectives; Chapter 6 Breaking the Deadlock: The Case of Jamie; Chapter 7 Parentified Children Grown-Up: Treating Destructive Parentification in Couples; Chapter 8 Wounded Healer: From Parentified Child to Helping Professional; Chapter 9 Preventing Destructive Parentification;