Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma

A Three-Track Psychodynamic Approach

Nicole Vliegen, Eileen Tang, Nick Midgley, Patrick Luyten, Peter Fonagy

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781000898125
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy
• Index: Psychology

Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma offers a contemporary three-track psychodynamic treatment model to mental health professionals working with traumatised children and their caregivers.

The book provides a contemporary and comprehensive approach to working with traumatised children by integrating knowledge and skills from traditional psychodynamic child psychotherapy and more contemporary trauma-informed and mentalization-based frameworks. It advocates three tracks of work, involving direct work with the child, work with the child's primary caregivers and work with the network. The book is divided into two parts: Part I of the book covers the theoretical background and Part II discusses the core components and phases of the trauma-informed and mentalization-based treatment approach. The authors bring out the specific dynamics of the psychotherapeutic work through four composite cases woven through the book.

Written in accessible language this treatment guide is primarily aimed at psychodynamically trained psychotherapists, mental health professionals and professional caregivers working with traumatised children.