Main description:

With contributions from prominent experts, this pragmatic book takes a close look at the nature of complex psychological trauma in children and adolescents and the clinical challenges it presents. Each chapter shows how a complex trauma perspective can provide an invaluable unifying framework for case conceptualization, assessment, and intervention amidst the chaos and turmoil of these young patients' lives. A range of evidence-based and promising therapies are reviewed and illustrated with vivid case vignettes. The volume is grounded in clinical innovations and cutting-edge research on child and adolescent brain development, attachment, and emotion regulation, and discusses diagnostic criteria, including those from DSM-IV and DSM-5. See also Drs. Courtois and Ford's edited volume Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders (Adults) and their authored volume, Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach.

Contents:

I. Complex Trauma in Childhood and Adolescence 1. Relational Trauma, Brain Development, and Dissociation, Allan N. Schore 2. Childhood Trauma, Brain Connectivity, and the Self, Ruth A. Lanius, Robyn Bluhm, & Paul A. Frewen 3. Relational Trauma and Disorganized Attachment, Pamela C. Alexander 4. Betrayal Trauma, Laura A. Kaehler, Rebecca Babcock, Anne P. DePrince, & Jennifer J. Freyd 5. Cumulative Trauma in Childhood, Damion Grasso, Carolyn Greene, & Julian D. Ford 6. The Translational Evidence Base, Ruth R. DeRosa, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, & Christopher M. Layne 7. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, Julian D. Ford, Kathleen Nader, & Kenneth E. Fletcher II. Individual Psychotherapy Models 8. Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma, Cheryl Lanktree & John Briere 9. Dissociation-Focused Therapy, Sandra Wieland & Joyanna Silberg 10. Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Matthew Kliethermes, Rachel Wamser Nanney, Judith A. Cohen, & Anthony P. Mannarino 11. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Debra Wesselmann & Francine Shapiro 12. Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Adolescents, Ruth R. DeRosa & Jill H. Rathus III. Systemic Approaches to Treatment 13. The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, Bruce D. Perry & Christine L. Dobson 14. Developmental Trauma Therapy Models, Julian D. Ford, Margaret E. Blaustein, Mandy Habib, & Richard Kagan 15. The Sanctuary Model, Sandra L. Bloom 16. Child-Parent Psychotherapy and Historical Trauma, Amy Klatzkin, Alicia F. Lieberman, & Patricia Van Horn 17. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Anthony J. Urquiza & Susan Timmer 18. Trauma Systems Therapy, Carryl P. Navalta, Adam D. Brown, Amanda Nisewaner, B. Heidi Ellis, & Glenn N. Saxe 19. Conclusion, Julian D. Ford & Christine A. Courtois Index