Treating traumatized children : new insights and creative interventions / Beverly James.
By: James, Beverly.
Material type: BookPublisher: Lexington, Mass. : distributor, Lexington Books, 1989Description: xiii, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0669209945 .Subject(s): Post-traumatic stress disorder in children -- Treatment | Child psychotherapyDDC classification: 618.928914Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Listening to a small child describe a parent's murder can tax the most seasoned professional. Cases of physical and sexual abuse where trauma was deliberately inflicted can particularly challenge a practitioner's defenses.Treating Traumatized Children is the first handbook to provide specific guidance and tools for treating children who have been traumatized by physical and sexual abuse, disaster, divorce, or witnessing violent events. This book will provide helping professionals with a clear blueprint for assessing the impact of trauma and developing specific treatment plans.Beverly James, a specialist in evaluating and treating traumatized children, outlines creative exercises and techniques that will enable clinicians to join with children in slowly and carefully reviewing their experiences and helping them understand and accept their feelings related to the trauma. Art, play, and drama techniques, among others, are presented in a sophisticated yet straightforward style, useful to clinicians with specialized training in such techniques or those using them for the first time.
Bibliography: p. [225]-233. - Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 What Is Trauma?
- 2 Critical Aspects of Treatment
- Returning to the Pain
- Developmentally Sequenced Treatment
- Involvement of Child's Caregivers
- Direct, Open ApproachIntense, Fun Style
- Multidimensional Strategy
- Hidden Trauma-Reactive Behaviors
- Therapist's Responses to Children's Experiences
- Summary
- 3 Traumagenic States to Be Considered in Treatment Planning
- Self-Blame
- Powerlessness
- Loss and Betrayal
- Fragmentation of Bodily Experience
- Stigmatization
- Eroticization
- Destructiveness
- Dissociative/Multiple Disorder
- Attachment Disorder
- Summary
- 4 Guidelines for Evaluation and Treatment Planning
- Clarifying Needs, Expectations, and the Therapist's Role
- Physical Examination
- Comprehensive Background Information
- Parent Interviews
- Collateral Interviews
- Child Assessment
- Written Report
- Summary
- 5 Basic Treatment Process
- Communication
- Sorting OutEducation
- Perspective
- Summary
- 6 Explaining Therapy to the Child
- Explanatory Metaphors
- Summary
- 7 Self-BlameResponsibility
- Creative Support for INMF
- Privacy versus Secrecy
- Religious Support
- Summary
- 8 Powerlessness
- Empowering Process
- From Victim to Survivor
- Summary
- 9 Destructive/Abusive Behaviors
- Protection
- Control
- Underlying Issues
- Community Members as Clinical Helpers
- Dual Focus for Victim-Victimizing Child
- Summary
- 10 Body Integrity
- Body Awareness
- Emotions Related to Body Trauma
- Education Related to Body Trauma
- Child's Perspective of Body Trauma
- Summary
- 11 The Dissociatively Disordered Child
- Dissociative Disorders
- Multiple Personality Disorder
- Diagnosing Dissociative Disorders
- Treating the Dissociatively Disordered
- Summary
- 12 Attachment Disturbance
- Loss and Disruption
- Reunification
- Impaired Attachment
- Summary
- 13 Social Rehabilitation
- The Socially Inept Child
- The Eroticized Child
- The Agitated Child
- The Socially Inhibited Child
- Summary
- 14 Integration of Traumatizing Events
- Clarifying Why Returning to the Pain Is Necessary
- Restructuring the Traumatizing Event as a Victorious Survivor
- Dealing Directly with Traumatizing Events
- Experiencing Mastery
- Summary
- 15 Open-Door Termination
- 16 Crisis Intervention in Large-Scale Disasters
- Authority: Who's in Charge?
- Obtain Current Information
- Assessment and Interventions
- Resources
- Post-Disaster Follow Up
- Summary
- 17 Techniques and Exercises
- 18 Theoretical, Developmental, and Experiential Foundations:A Personal Story
- Bibliography
- Appendix A Resources
- Appendix B Behavioral Checklist to Help Aid Identification of MPD in Children and Adolescents
- Appendix C How to Recognize Why a Child's Behavior Activity and Learning Ability Changes
- Appendix D The Children's Garden Attachment Model
- Appendix E Child/Therapist Work ChartParent/Caregiver Work Chart
- Appendix F Parent/Child Supervision Guideline
- Appendix G Songs
- Index
- About the Author