| Description |
xi, 243 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. What Is Abuse and Who Decides? -- Ch. 2. Developmental Considerations in Evaluation and Treatment -- Ch. 3. A Template for Developmentally Informed Evaluations -- Ch. 4. Neurobiology and Psychology: The Formation and Meaning of Symptoms -- Ch. 5. Memory and Disclosure -- Ch. 6. Looking Outward: Externalization and Dissociation -- Ch. 7. The Paradox of Language in Treating the Unspeakable -- Ch. 8. Good Guys and Bad Guys: The Temptations of Splitting -- Ch. 9. Collaborative Work with Parents -- Ch. 10. The Unconscious Transmission of Abuse -- Ch. 11. The Interface between Legal and Psychodynamic Considerations |
| Summary |
This volume equips readers to meet the unique, complex challenges of clinical work with abused children. Focusing on the interplay between neurobiological and psychological facets of behavior, Heineman shows how abuse disrupts normal development and how skillful psychodynamic psychotherapy can help children talk about, understand, and move beyond the harm that has been done to them. With a wealth of in-depth clinical vignettes, therapists are guided through developmentally informed assessment and treatment processes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index |
| Subject |
Abused children -- Mental health.
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy for children.
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| LC no. |
98015497 |
| ISBN |
1572303751 (acid-free paper) |
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