Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents

Theory and Clinical Interventions

Sandra Wieland

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2015
• Topic: Psychology
• eBook ISBN:
  9781317580065
• Subtopic: Abnormal Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents presents a series of unique and compelling case studies written by some of the foremost international experts in the study of dissociation in young people. In the new edition, chapters have been updated to include discussion of the most recent findings in trauma and neuroscience as well as Joyanna Silberg's popular affect-avoidance model. In addition, Sandra Wieland's incisive commentaries on each case study have been updated. Each chapter presents a detailed narrative of a therapist's work with a child or adolescent interspersed with the therapist's own thought process, and every therapist explains the theory and research behind her clinical decisions. The case studies present many aspects of working with traumatized children—attachment work, trauma processing, work with the family, interactions with the community, psychoeducation related to dissociation, and encouragement of communication between the dissociated parts—and provide a frank analysis of the difficulties clinicians encounter in various therapeutic situations. While the book is exceptional in its clear and detailed descriptions of theory related to dissociation in children, most importantly, it illustrates how theory can be translated into successful therapeutic interactions.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• About the Editor
• About the Contributors
• Introduction
• 1 Dissociation in Children and Adolescents: What It Is, How It Presents, and How We Can Understand It
• 2 Dalma (4 to 7 Years Old)—“I’ve Got All My Sisters with Me”: Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder in a Sexually Abused Young Child
• 3 Jason (7 Years Old)—Expressing Past Neglect and Abuse: Two-Week Intensive Therapy for an Adopted Child with Dissociation
• 4 Ryan (8 to 10 Years Old)—Connecting with the Body: Treatment of Somatoform Dissociation (Encopresis and Multiple Physical Complaints) in a Young Boy
• 5 Joey (11 to 12 Years Old)—Moving Out of Dissociative Protection: Treatment of a Boy with Dissociative Disorder Not Elsewhere Classified Following Early Family Trauma
• 6 Angela (14 to 16 Years Old)—Finding Words for Pain: Treatment of a Dissociative Teen Presenting with Medical Trauma
• 7 Leroy (7 Years Old)—“It is Almost Like He is Two Children”: Working with a Dissociative Child in a School Setting
• 8 Conclusion: Fragmentation to Integration
• Index