Children and adolescents in trauma creative therapeutic approaches

Nicholson, Chris, 1970- (Added Author). Irwin, Michael, 1934- (Added Author). Dwivedi, Kedar Nath. (Added Author).

Summary: Children and Adolescents in Trauma presents a variety of creative approaches to working with young people in residential children's homes, secure or psychiatric units, and special schools. The contributors describe a wide range of approaches, including art therapy and literature, and how creative methods are applied in cases of abuse, trauma, violence, self-harm and identity development. They discuss the impact of abuse and mistreatment upon the mental health of 'looked after' children, drawing links between psychoanalytic theory and practice and the study of literature and the arts. This indispensable book provides useful insights and a fresh perspective for anyone working with traumatised children and adolescents, including social workers, psychotherapists, arts therapists, psychiatrists, counsellors, psychologists and students in these fields.

Record details

ISBN: 9780857003560 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0857003569 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781843104377 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 1843104377 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (251 p.) : ill.
Publisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover -- Children And Adolescents In Trauma: Creative Therapeutic Approaches -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Trauma -- 1 Approaching Trauma -- 2 No More Ghosts: The Exorcism Of Traumatic Memory In Children And Adolescents -- 3 Making Sense Of Marnie: Neurology, Film And Trauma -- 4 Art, Science And Innovation In The Treatment OfEarlyTrauma -- Part II: Story -- 5 Early Trauma And The Velveteen Rabbit Or How Children Become Real: Long-Term Prognosis And Therapeutic Intervention -- 6 The Therapeutic Use Of Stories -- Part III: Self-Harm -- 7 The 8216;Rights8217; Of Passage: Initiation Rites And Self-Harm In Adolescents -- 8 Creating The Self Through Self-Harm -- Part IV: Art Therapy -- 9 Melting Muddy Mixtures: An Exploration Of The Art Psychotherapy Process With An Adolescent Boy In A Therapeutic Community -- 10 Being Speechless: Art Therapy With Self-HarmingAdolescents -- Part V: Violence -- 11 From Reaction To Reflection: Childhood Violence -- 12 Dear Little Monsters: Attachment, Adolescence And Mary Shelley8217;S Frankenstein -- 13 When The Crying Stops -- The Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.