Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents: Theory and Clinical Interventions (Routledge Psychosocial Stress)
"This book is a gift to clinicians. The chapters speak to the variability of dissociation in children and adolescents and also to the learning curve that clinicians experience in identifying and treating dissociation. A much-needed and welcome resource!"- Christine A. Courtois, author ofHealing the Incest Woundand coeditor ofTreating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders"Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescentsbelongs on the bookshelf of every clinician who treats or who anticipates treating dissociative children and adolescents and should be read by every researcher studying trauma, dissociation, and dissociative disorders in the young."-From the foreword by Richard P. Kluft, coeditor ofClinical Perspectives on Multiple Personality Disorderand Temple University School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA"In this engaging volume, Dr. Wieland brings together the world's leading experts in the provision of psychotherapy to dissociative children and adolescents. Clinicians faced with the challenges, mysteries, and opportunities presented by treating dissociative children will learn new ways of thinking about their work, practical solutions and techniques, and creative approaches to healing. They will also know that they, like their clients, are not alone, and that there are others out there like them. A must read for anyone working with child survivors of ongoing, interpersonal trauma."-Bradley C. Stolbach,The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, USA, and author ofThe Children's Dissociative Experiences Scale and Posttraumatic Symptom Inventory"By interlacing client narrative with therapist case conceptualization, Dr. Wieland’s book provides practical guidance from the premiere experts in the field.Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescentssets the standard for best practices for therapists working with traumatized and dissociative children. This book is a must have for the library of mental health professionals who work with children."-Robbie Adler-Tapia, co-author ofEMDR and the Art of Psychotherapy With Children