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Author Schwartz, Harvey L

Title The Alchemy of Wolves and Sheep
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (276 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The alchemy of wolves and sheep; Overview; Introduction; Interview excerpts; Conflation of victim and perpetrator dynamics; Interview excerpts; Child soldiers and dissociative trauma survivors; Interview excerpts; Basic clinical perspective; 2. The child soldier as a model of internalized perpetration; The child soldier phenomenon; 3. Dilemmas of dissociative survival; Dissociation; Dilemmas of dissociative survival; 4. Mind control; Destruction of critical thinking
5. Perpetration and perpetrator statesPerpetration; Perpetrator states; 6. Transforming perpetration; Forms and presentations of perpetration; Witnessing; 7. Treatment concepts and trajectories; Relational perspectives; Treatment trajectory; Beyond integration: individual, community, and society; 8. Using archetypal concepts as a vehicle of integration; Introduction; Development and maturation of faith; Forgiveness, suffering, and failure; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Summary The literature on psychological trauma and traumatic attachment has progressed over the past few decades, however issues of coerced and internalized perpetration have not been fully explored and deconstructed. This book presents a synthesis of relational and archetypal psychology, trauma and dissociation theory, and highly relevant child soldier literature, to offer new clinical perspectives to assist psychotherapists and trauma patients to achieve more successful therapy outcomes. The Alchemy of Wolves and Sheep offers instructive, cautionary and innovative therapeutic approa
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Subject Psychic trauma in children -- Complications -- Treatment
Post-traumatic stress disorder in children -- Complications -- Treatment
Dissociative disorders in children -- Treatment
Child soldiers -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136159640
1136159649