Hearing the Internal Trauma - Working with Children and Adolescents Who Have Been Sexually Abused

An innovative clinical approach to working with children and adolescents who have been sexually abused - the Internalization Model - is presented in this volume. It is designed to increase the therapist's recognition and understanding of the effects of such abuse on a young victim's internal sense of self and world.

The author argues that abuse-related internalizations, not the symptomatic behaviours resulting from these internalizations, need to be addressed in therapy. Wieland describes a psychodynamic trauma-focused therapy - which includes aspects of psychoanalytic, behavioural and cognitive therapies - which has resulted in positive changes such as children beginning to engage in age-appropriate play and adolesc

List of contents

The Need for a Framework
The Internalization Model
Understanding and Expanding the Play
Children
Recognizing and Addressing the Behavior
Adolescents
Identifying and Changing Messages
Families
Hearing Oneself
The Therapist¿s Experience

Summary

An innovative clinical approach to working with children and adolescents who have been sexually abused - the Internalization Model - is presented in this volume. It is designed to increase the therapist's recognition and understanding of the effects of such abuse on a young victim's internal sense of self and world. The author argues that abuse-related internalizations, not the symptomatic behaviours resulting from these internalizations, need to be addressed in therapy.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Wieland, Stacy Wieland
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.1996
• EAN: 9780761903659
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0365-9
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 521 g
• Series: Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series; Interpersonal Violence: The Pr; Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series; Interpersonal Violence: The Pr
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