Un-Making of Them - Clinical Reflections on Boarding School Syndrome

Ex-boarders can be amongst the most challenging clients for therapists. This book presents a groundbreaking collection of chapters sharing insights and reflections on clinical work with ex-boarders in different settings and circumstances with the aim establishing a body of knowledge for clinical work.

List of contents

Introduction and Chapter Summary 1. The Survival Imperative 2. A Clinical Framework for Nuanced Narratives in Therapy with Ex-boarders 3. The Child in Exile: reflections on Work with Adult Ex-pat Ex-boarders 4. Beyond the Glass: making Visible the Boarding Experience for Women 5. Good for Girls? Co-educational Boarding Reviewed 6. Boarding School Syndrome and Intimate Relationships 7. How do Counsellors in UK Independent Schools Experience the Effects of Working with Boarders? 8. The Use of EMDR for Boarding School Trauma 9. English Landscape: an Archetypal Perspective on the Ex-boarder 10. The Effect of Boarding School on Sibling Relationships 11. Boarders from Military Families: do they ever come Home again? 12. The Female Ex-Boarder Therapist: Collaborator or Ally? 13. Supervision and Clients impacted by Boarding School 14. Epilogue: Boarding Recovery

Product details

• Authors: Nick Duffell
• Assisted by: Duffell Nick (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032848945
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284894-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, Psychotherapy, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services