Patterns of Child Abuse
Subtitle: How Dysfunctional Transactions Are Replicated in Individuals, Families, and the Child Welfare System
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Binghamton
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780789030030
Subjects: Services for; Child abuse; Abused children
Description: Patterns of Child Abuse identifies the most common, most problematic patterns and explores their hidden meanings. Case studies and theoretical discussions demonstrate the ways family patterns are replicated in a child's psyche and the ways the grown-up child replicates the familiar family pattern, forcing the world to bend to the story within.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Importance of Patterns; Chapter 2 Patterns in the Mind; Chapter 3 A Systemic View of the Psyche; Chapter 4 Children's Idealization of Bad Parents; Chapter 5 "At Least I'm Not As Bad As My Mother (of Father)"; Chapter 6 The Avoidance of Personal Closeness; Chapter 7 Seriously Disturbed Patterns; Chapter 8 The Sexual Abuse Victim's Mother; Chapter 9 The Sexually Powerful Adolescent Girl; Chapter 10 The Disruptive Boy; Chapter 11 The Absent Parent Returned; PART IV: INTERVENTION PATTERNS.; title: Chapter 12 Dysfunctional Treatment RelationshipsChapter 13 Role Ambiguity Among Service Providers; Chapter 14 The Social Worker and the Family; Chapter 15 The State Social Worker in the Role of Parenting Conscience; Chapter 16 When All Else Fails; References; Index.