Main description:

Children Recovering from Complex Trauma: From Wound to Scar draws on the latest knowledge and research on complex trauma in children, as well as the authors' expertise, in order to outline a trauma-sensitive approach to these children and their parents.

The first part of the book describes the emotional and relational dynamics underlying these children's behaviour. The second part of the book offers a glimpse behind the scenes of the authors' psychotherapy practice, elaborating the processes of change and growth that can enable developmental recovery 'from wound to scar' in children who have experienced complex trauma. As such, the book aims to 'demystify' what psychotherapy with a traumatised child may look like, as well as offer insights and tools which can support carers in their daily interactions with these children.

This book will be of great use to the adoptive parents and foster carers of children who have experienced complex trauma, and the care professionals (e.g., teachers, foster care workers) who work with them.

Contents:

Acknowledgements Introduction to the English edition Development: Complex Trauma 1. Special Children, Special Care 2. A Little Developmental Psychology 3. Developing Attachment is Building Personality 4. Need for Reflective Parents and Network Treatment: From Wound to Scar 5. The Playroom as a Place for Storytelling 6. From Emotional Rollercoaster to Controllable Vehicle 7. Islands of Trust in an Experiential World of Unreliable Care 8. Constructing a Story and Engaging in Relationships as the Basis of One's Identity Epilogue: Ten-point Programme for a Trauma-sensitive Society Index