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Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments

1. What Is Trauma?

2. Critical Aspects of Treatment

Returning to the Pain
Developmentally Sequenced Treatment
Involvement of Child's Caregivers
Direct, Open Approach
Intense, Fun Style
Multidimensional Strategy
Hidden Trauma-Reactive Behaviors
Therapist's Responses to Children's Experiences
Summary

3. Traumagenic States to Be Considered in Treatment Planning

Self-Blame
Powerlessness
Loss and Betrayal
Fragmentation of Bodily Experience
Stigmatization
Eroticization
Destructiveness
Dissociative/Multiple Disorder
Attachment Disorder
Summary

4. Guidelines for Evaluation and Treatment Planning

Clarifying Needs, Expectations, and the Therapist's Role
Physical Examination
Comprehensive Background Information
Parent Interviews
Collateral Interviews
Child Assessment
Written Report
Summary

5. Basic Treatment Process

Communication
Sorting Out
Education
Perspective
Summary

6. Explaining Therapy to the Child

Explanatory Metaphors
Summary

7. Self-Blame

Responsibility
Creative Support for INMF
Privacy versus Secrecy
Religious Support
Summary

8. Powerlessness

Empowering Process
From Victim to Survivor
Summary

9. Destructive/Abusive Behaviors

Protection
Control
Underlying Issues
Community Members as Clinical Helpers
Dual Focus for Victim-Victimizing Child
Summary

10. Body Integrity

Body Awareness
Emotions Related to Body Trauma
Education Related to Body Trauma
Child's Perspective of Body Trauma
Summary

11. The Dissociatively Disordered Child

Dissociative Disorders
Multiple Personality Disorder
Diagnosing Dissociative Disorders
Treating the Dissociatively Disordered
Summary

12 Attachment Disturbance

Loss and Disruption
Reunification
Impaired Attachment
Summary

13 Social Rehabilitation

The Socially Inept Child
The Eroticized Child
The Agitated Child
The Socially Inhibited Child
Summary

14. Integration of Traumatizing Events

Clarifying Why Returning to the Pain Is Necessary
Restructuring the Traumatizing Event as a Victorious Survivor
Dealing Directly with Traumatizing Events
Experiencing Mastery
Summary

15. Open-Door Termination

16. Crisis Intervention in Large-Scale Disasters

Authority: Who's in Charge?
Obtain Current Information
Assessment and Interventions
Resources
Post-Disaster Follow Up
Summary

17. Techniques and Exercises

18. Theoretical, Developmental, and Experiential Foundations: A Personal Story

Bibliography Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Behavioral Checklist to Help Aid Identification of MPD in Children and Adolescents
Appendix C: How to Recognize Why a Child's Behavior Activity and Learning Ability Changes
Appendix D: The Children's Garden Attachment Model
Appendix E: Child/Therapist Work Chart
Parent/Caregiver Work Chart
Appendix F: Parent/Child Supervision Guideline
Appendix G: Songs
Index
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