Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children
Authors: Cathy A. Malchiodi
Publisher: Guilford Publications · Published: 2021-08-09
Pages: 364
Categories: Medical / General, Medical / Pediatrics, Medical / Psychiatry / Child & Adolescent, Psychology / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent, Psychology / Clinical Psychology, Psychology / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Social Science / Social Work
Description
A trusted, comprehensive resource, this volume demonstrates a range of creative approaches for facilitating children's emotional reparation and recovery from trauma. Experts in play, art, music, movement, and drama therapy, as well as bibliotherapy, describe step-by-step strategies for working with children, families, and groups. Rich with case material and artwork, the book is practical and user-friendly. Specific types of stressful experiences discussed include parental loss, child abuse, family violence, bullying, and mass trauma.
New to This Edition:
New to This Edition:
- Updated and expanded discussions of trauma and of the neurobiological basis for creative interventions.
- Chapters on art therapy and EMDR, body maps and dissociation, sandtray play, resiliency-based movement therapy, work with clay, mindfulness, and stress reduction with music therapy.
- Highlights important developments in knowledge about self-regulation, resilience, and posttraumatic growth.
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