Expressive Therapy with Traumatized Children

by P. Gussie Klorer Southern Illinois Univers

Overview

Expressive Therapy with Traumatized Children offers students in training and professionals who work with children an array of sensitive and creative ways to help even their most challenging patients. The second edition builds upon cutting-edge research in the neuroscience of trauma and art therapy to examine children’s development alongside their understanding of trauma. Including many new and revised case studies, Klorer illustrates effective treatment strategies to offer patients alternative means of expression. Klorer’s rich and highly accessible teaching voice seamlessly weaves together art therapy theory, research, and cases into an invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442268579
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

P. Gussie Klorer, PhD, ATR-BC, is director and professor of the graduate art therapy counseling program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She maintains a clinical practice in art therapy counseling with a specialization in work with children and trauma.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Chapter 1 Trauma Treatment for Children 1

Chapter 2 The Neuroscience of Art Therapy and Trauma 9

Chapter 3 Setting the Stage for Expressive Work 17

Chapter 4 "Daddy Beat My Sister, Not Me": Trusting the Art More Than the Words 41

Chapter 5 The Pre verbal Child, Ages 0 to 2 55

Chapter 6 The Early School-Aged Child, Ages 2 to 7 71

Chapter 7 The Middle Years, Ages 7 to 12 87

Chapter 8 Ages 12 through Adolescence 101

Chapter 9 "My Heart Bleeds for Harmony": Involving the Family in Therapy 115

Chapter 10 "I'll Live with My Mom When She Gets Her Life Together": Tammy's Story 141

Chapter 11 "Art Has Truth": John's Story 153

Chapter 12 "A Hope Rainbow": Ebony's Story 161

Chapter 13 "Stories to Teach about My Mom": Julie's Story 171

Chapter 14 The Therapists Container 181

Chapter 15 Putting the Puzzle Together 193

References 195

Index 209

About the Author 213