Techniques and Issues in Abuse-Focused Therapy with Children & Adolescents - Addressing the Internal Trauma

How can therapists deal effectively with children or adolescents who have been sexually abused - but refuse to discuss their experiences? Working with such young people presents innumerable challenges for the therapist. In this book, Sandra Wieland describes `The Internalization Model', which provides a framework to help therapists understand the effects of sexual abuse on children's or adolescents' internal sense of self and world, even when the child does not talk about the abuse.Ways of addressing and shifting these abuse-related internalizations within the therapy are described, together with specific techniques such as imaging, genograms and time-lines. Other topics explored include: sexuality; dissociation; and resistance by the c

List of contents

PART ONE: THE CHILD¿S TRAUMA
Understanding the Child¿s Trauma
The Internalization Model
PART TWO: TECHNIQUES
Addressing the Child¿s Internalizations
Therapy
Working Within
Imaging
Placing the Abuse in Context
Genograms, Time-Lines, Messages and Myths
PART THREE: ISSUES
Engaging the Parts
Working with Dissociation
Reconnecting to the Body
Sexuality
Avoiding the Thoughts
Resistance
PART FOUR: THE ADOLESCENT¿S EXPERIENCE
Therapy
The Adolescent Comments

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Summary

Provides a framework which helps the therapist understand the effects of sexual abuse on the child/adolescent's internal sense of self and world even when the child does not talk about the abuse.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Wieland, Stacy Wieland
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.1998
• EAN: 9780761904816
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0481-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 526 g
• Series: Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series; Interpersonal Violence: The Pr; Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series; Interpersonal Violence: The Pr
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Sozialpsychologie, MEDICAL / Pediatrics, Medical / Nursing, PSYCHOLOGY / Interpersonal Relations, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior