Main description:

*Needed work edited by a bestselling author (The Healing Power of Play has over 85,000 in print) who is a leader in the field.
*Child trauma is notoriously difficult to address in therapy: this book deals in particular with abuse, domestic violence, and parental loss.
*Case-based chapters offer detailed depictions of therapeutic techniques.
*Will be used by the full spectrum of professionals working with traumatized children.
*Lower price in paper will facilitate course use.

Contents:

Foreword, Lenore C. TerrI. The Extent of the Problem and Its Impact

1. Introduction, Eliana Gil


2. A Review of Current Research on the Incidence and Prevalence of Interpersonal Childhood Trauma, Jennifer A. Shaw


3. The Role of Healthy Relational Interactions in Buffering the Impact of Childhood Trauma, Christine R. Ludy-Dobson and Bruce D. Perry


4. Children's Self-Initiated Gradual Exposure: The Wonders of Post-Traumatic Play and Behavioral Reenactments, Eliana GilII. Clinical Responses

5. Silent Grieving in a World without Words: A Child Witnesses His Brother's Murder, Eliana Gil


6. The Owner of a Broken Heart: The Cumulative Trauma of Surgery and Sexual Abuse, Nicole Erin Jalazo


7. A Hero's Journey: A Boy Who Lost His Parents and Found Himself, Vincent L. Pastore


8. A Tornado Disrupts the Wedding, to the Relief of the Unwilling Bride: A Girl's Quest for Healing after Sexual Abuse, Myriam L. Goldin


9. Finding the Treasure Within: Spontaneous Storytelling and the Sandplay Journey of an Emotionally Despairing Girl, Rosalind L. Heiko


10. "Stitches Are Stronger Than Glue": A Child Directs the Healing of Her Shattered Heart, David A. Crenshaw


11. Manny's Story: A Soul Ascending, Eric J. Green


12. "I Am an Artist": A Sexually Traumatized Girl's Self-Portraits in Paint and Clay, Barbara Sobol


13. The Gift of Time: Helping to Heal through Long-Term Treatment Involving Complex Trauma and Cultural Issues, Athena A. Drewes


14. "This Mommy Has No Milk!": A Neglected Child's Adaptation to Loss and Hunger, Eliana Gil


15. Play and the Transformation of Feeling: Niki's Case, Eva-Maria Simms