Treating Trauma in Adolescents: Development, Attachment, and the Therapeutic Relationship

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 284 pages
Publication date: 23 July 2018
Publisher: Guilford Publications

This book offers a groundbreaking and compassionate approach to working with traumatized teens. It provides strategies for reaching out to high-risk adolescents and fostering a strong attachment relationship that can aid in restoring their development. Drawing on extensive clinical expertise and cutting-edge research in attachment, developmental trauma, and interpersonal neurobiology, Martha B. Straus offers practical insights and case examples to engage challenging or reluctant clients, implement interventions that promote self-regulation and a cohesive sense of identity, and tap into the emotional experiences of both the teen and the therapist. Key topics covered include involving parents and other caregivers in the treatment process.

This book offers a groundbreaking and compassionate approach to working with traumatized teens. It provides strategies for reaching out to high-risk adolescents and fostering a strong attachment relationship that can aid in restoring their development. Drawing on extensive clinical expertise and cutting-edge research in attachment, developmental trauma, and interpersonal neurobiology, Martha B. Straus offers practical insights and case examples to engage challenging or reluctant clients, implement interventions that promote self-regulation and a cohesive sense of identity, and tap into the emotional experiences of both the teen and the therapist. Key topics covered include involving parents and other caregivers in the treatment process.

Weight: 392g
Dimension: 143 x 220 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781462536160