The study found and identified a range of factors influencing the patterns of parental involvement, offering some insights into the effects that these patterns of parental involvement might have on the outcomes of therapy. In the literature about therapeutic help for sexually abused children, it is the relationship between the therapist and the child that is the main focus, not the role of parents. However, there is evidence that parents are influential in children's recovery from sexual abuse with reason to suppose that support for parents may be a key factor. This study was about the involvement in therapy of non-offending parents. The study investigated the work of a team of therapists who sometimes included such parents in therapy sessions with children. It sought to understand what factors were influencing the degree and pattern of parental involvement and to understand what effect these patterns of parental involvement were having on the process and outcomes of therapy. Tables and references