Helping abused and traumatized children : integrating directive and nondirective approaches / / Eliana Gil ; foreword by John Briere

• Autore: Gil Eliana
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Guilford Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.92/891653
• Soggetto topico: Child abuse - Treatment; Play therapy
• Altri autori: BriereJohn
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Basic principles in working with abused and traumatized children -- Guidelines for integrated assessment -- Guidelines for integrated treatment -- Expressive therapies -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy -- Family therapy and family play therapy -- Special issues: posttraumatic play, trauma-focused play therapy (TF-PT), and problems of dissociation -- Scotty, the castle, and the princess guard -- Carla's search for her lost mother -- Danger in the backyard -- The witch, the baby, and the bug / Sarah Stoudt Briggs.
• Sommario/riassunto: Presenting an integrative model for treating traumatized children, this book combines play, art, and other expressive therapies with ideas and strategies drawn from cognitive-behavioral and family therapy. Eliana Gil demonstrates how to tailor treatment to the needs of each child by using both directive and nondirective approaches. Throughout, practical clinical examples illustrate ways to target trauma-related symptomatology while also helping children process painful feelings and memories that are difficult to verbalize. The book concludes with four in-depth cases that bring to life the
• Titolo autorizzato: Helping abused and traumatized children
• ISBN: 1-281-12315-3; 9786611123154; 1-59385-518-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809634903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II