Filial therapy, a method of training parents to respond and interact therapeutically with their children, focuses on enhancing the parent-child relationship. This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of a 5-wk model of filial therapy with incarcerated mothers as a method of increasing empathic behaviors with their children, increasing attitudes of acceptance toward their children, and reducing stress related to parenting. The results support filial therapy as an effective intervention for enhancing the parent-child relationship with incarcerated mothers and their children. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)