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Children and Adolescents in Trauma: Creative Therapeutic Approaches
Contributor(s): Cook, Diane (Contribution by), Bruce, Terry (Contribution by), Bradley, Christine (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1843104377     ISBN-13: 9781843104377
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $38.00  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: February 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent
- Medical | Pediatrics
Dewey: 618.928
LCCN: 2009030897
Series: Community, Culture and Change
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages
 
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Children and Adolescents in Trauma presents a variety of creative approaches to working with young people in residential children's homes, secure or psychiatric units, and special schools.

The contributors describe a wide range of approaches, including art therapy and literature, and how creative methods are applied in cases of abuse, trauma, violence, self-harm and identity development. They discuss the impact of abuse and mistreatment upon the mental health of 'looked after' children, drawing links between psychoanalytic theory and practice and the study of literature and the arts.

This indispensable book provides useful insights and a fresh perspective for anyone working with traumatised children and adolescents, including social workers, psychotherapists, arts therapists, psychiatrists, counsellors, psychologists and students in these fields.

Contributor Bio(s): Irwin, Michael: - Michael Irwin MA, BLitt, is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Kent. Apart from his academic work, which has a particular emphasis on 18th and 19th century fiction, including books on Henry Fielding and Thomas Hardy, he has also published two novels and written, or translated, several opera libretti.Nicholson, Chris: - Chris Nicholson PhD, is a Lecturer in The Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex. Formerly Therapeutic Services Manager at Donyland Lodge, a therapeutic community in Colchester, he has worked in a range of children's services for over 10 years. Chris is a Trustee of the Charterhouse Group of Therapeutic Communities and a Fellow of the International Institute of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. He is a regular speaker at bi-annual conferences on the poet and author Robert Graves.