Healing the Fractured Child: Diagnosis and Treatment of Youth With Dissociation
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (577 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826199631 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 516 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It describes a detailed, careful assessment process and creative, evidence-supported techniques for helping children and their families to heal from chaotic, traumatizing experiences. Also addressed are adjunct therapies in art and EMDR. It also integrates adjunct therapies in environments beyond those of traditional psychotherapy, such as school, and describes howtheir strategies can be used effectively to augment therapy and understand dissociative children.Based on a model integrating five prominent therapeutic modalities, and underscoring the importance of attachment style, the book focuses on the neurobiology of trauma, a high comorbidity of symptoms, specialized clinical interventions, psychopharmacology, and family intervention techniques. Rich clinical examples demonstrate the various phases of treatment and offer a window into the internal world of dissociative children.Key Features:Integrates psychotherapy with EMDR, art therapy, neurobiology, and psychopharmacology Distills current research on neurobiology of trauma and how to intervene with specially designed treatment strategies Provides in-depth knowledge of the latest creative interventions for treatment of childhood dissociation and comorbid symptomsSensitizes the therapist to often overlooked traumatic events, such as medical illness, that can exacerbate symptoms . With both a theoretical and practical focus, the book of
Clinician's Invaluable Resource! Healing the Fractured Child, by Fran S. Waters, is one of the most comprehensive books on assessment, treatment, and supporting parents/teachers, throughout the therapeutic process that I have read. It is difficult to put the book down. Generally, I read a portion of the book during my lunch break, and apply what I have learned in sessions that afternoon! Healing the Fractured Child has expanded my clinical skills, immensely, and continues to fuel my passion for working with children and adolescents, . It was one of the best courses that I have taken I just finished taking a course on child trauma and dissociation with Fran Waters (and others) through the ISSTD. It was one of the best courses that I have taken, taught at a doctoral level of professionalism. Her knowledge of this specialty is deep and long. Classmates who bought this book already have been raving about it and are finding it absorbing reading. I am buying it now based on interacting with her and experiencing her as a compassionate and consummate expert.
She has authored numerous articles and chapters and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, as well as on the advisory board of the Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence. Frances S. . She received the 2008 Media Award from the American Professi
About the AuthorFrances S. She was the past president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), and she is currently the faculty director of the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Institute and the cochair of the ISSTD’s Child and Adolescent Committee. She is the recipient of ISSTD’s Presidential Award and is a fellow of the ISSTD. Fran Waters is an executive producer and a participant of several training videos on childhood trauma, abu