Using Trauma-Focused Therapy Stories

<p><em>Using Trauma-Focused Therapy Stories</em> 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.</p><p>The therapy stories are perfect accompaniments to evidence-based treatment approaches and provide the foundation for psychoeducation and intervention with the older elementary-aged child or early pre-teen. 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.</p>