Using Trauma-Focused Therapy Stories: Interventions for Therapists, Children, and Their Caregivers

Using Trauma-Focused Therapy Stories is a groundbreaking treatment resource for trauma-informed therapists who work with abused and neglected children ages nine years and older, as well as their caregivers. It includes therapy stories, guides for children and caregivers, and psychoeducational material to help therapists understand trauma and developmental concepts. The book is filled with game-changing ideas for practice and is essential for any therapist working with young trauma survivors.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 30 August 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Using Trauma-Focused Therapy Stories is a groundbreaking treatment resource for trauma-informed therapists who work with abused and neglected children ages nine years and older, as well as their caregivers. The classic edition includes a new preface from the author reflecting on changes in the field since the book's initial publication.

The therapy stories are perfect accompaniments to evidence-based treatment approaches and provide the foundation for psychoeducation and intervention with older elementary-aged children or early pre-teens. Therapists will also benefit from the inclusion of thorough guides for children and caregivers, which illustrate trauma and developmental concepts in easy-to-understand terms. The psychoeducational material in the guides, written at a third- to fourth-grade reading level, may be used within any trauma-informed therapy model in the therapy office or sent home for follow-up.

Each therapy story illustrates trauma concepts, guides trauma narrative and cognitive restructuring work, and illuminates caregiver blind spots; the caregiver stories target issues that often become barriers to family trauma recovery. No therapist who works with young trauma survivors will want to be without this book, and school-based professionals, social workers, psychologists, and others committed to working with traumatized children will find the book chock-full of game-changing ideas for their practice.

Weight: 696g
Dimension: 211 x 281 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032018966