Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children

Cathy A. Malchiodi

• Editore: The Guilford Press
• Anno: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781462518456
• Edizione: 2
• Argomento: Psicologia
• Categoria: Disturbo Post-Traumatico da Stress (DPTS)

A trusted, comprehensive resource, this volume demonstrates a range of creative approaches for facilitating children's emotional reparation and recovery from trauma. Experts in play, art, music, movement, and drama therapy, as well as bibliotherapy, describe step-by-step strategies for working with children, families, and groups. Rich with case material and artwork, the book is both practical and user-friendly. Specific types of stressful experiences discussed include parental loss, child abuse, family violence, bullying, and mass trauma. New to This Edition:
*Updated and expanded discussions of trauma and of the neurobiological basis for creative interventions.
*Chapters on art therapy and EMDR, body maps and dissociation, sandtray play, resiliency-based movement therapy, work with clay, mindfulness, and stress reduction with music therapy.
*Highlights important developments in knowledge about self-regulation, resilience, and posttraumatic growth.
This e-book edition features 65 full-color illustrations. (Illustrations will appear in black and white on black-and-white e-readers).