Main description:

With contributions from prominent experts, this pragmatic book takes a close look at the nature of complex psychological trauma in children and adolescents and the clinical challenges it presents. Each chapter shows how a complex trauma perspective can provide an invaluable unifying framework for case conceptualization, assessment, and intervention amidst the chaos and turmoil of these young patients' lives. A range of evidence-based and promising therapies are reviewed and illustrated with vivid case vignettes. The volume is grounded in clinical innovations and cutting-edge research on child and adolescent brain development, attachment, and emotion regulation, and discusses diagnostic criteria, including those from DSM-IV and DSM-5.

See also Drs. Ford and Courtois's edited volume Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults, Second Edition, and their authored volume, Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach.

Contents:

I. Complex Trauma in Childhood and Adolescence
1. Relational Trauma, Brain Development, and Dissociation, Allan N. Schore
2. Childhood Trauma, Brain Connectivity, and the Self, Ruth A. Lanius, Robyn Bluhm, & Paul A. Frewen
3. Relational Trauma and Disorganized Attachment, Pamela C. Alexander
4. Betrayal Trauma, Laura A. Kaehler, Rebecca Babcock, Anne P. DePrince, & Jennifer J. Freyd
5. Cumulative Trauma in Childhood, Damion Grasso, Carolyn Greene, & Julian D. Ford
6. The Translational Evidence Base, Ruth R. DeRosa, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, & Christopher M. Layne
7. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, Julian D. Ford, Kathleen Nader, & Kenneth E. Fletcher
II. Individual Psychotherapy Models
8. Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma, Cheryl Lanktree & John Briere
9. Dissociation-Focused Therapy, Sandra Wieland & Joyanna Silberg
10. Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Matthew Kliethermes, Rachel Wamser Nanney, Judith A. Cohen, & Anthony P. Mannarino
11. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Debra Wesselmann & Francine Shapiro
12. Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Adolescents, Ruth R. DeRosa & Jill H. Rathus
III. Systemic Approaches to Treatment
13. The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, Bruce D. Perry & Christine L. Dobson
14. Developmental Trauma Therapy Models, Julian D. Ford, Margaret E. Blaustein, Mandy Habib, & Richard Kagan
15. The Sanctuary Model, Sandra L. Bloom
16. Child-Parent Psychotherapy and Historical Trauma, Amy Klatzkin, Alicia F. Lieberman, & Patricia Van Horn
17. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Anthony J. Urquiza & Susan Timmer
18. Trauma Systems Therapy, Carryl P. Navalta, Adam D. Brown, Amanda Nisewaner, B. Heidi Ellis, & Glenn N. Saxe
19. Conclusion, Julian D. Ford & Christine A. Courtois
Index