| Description |
1 online resource (347 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I -- Theory and Knowledge; Chapter 1 -- Why We Often Miss a History of Childhood Trauma; Chapter 2 -- A Multidimensional Model of Understanding; Chapter 3 -- The Research Story; Chapter 4 -- Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms; Chapter 5 -- The Controversy Surrounding Traumatic Memory; Chapter 6 -- Asking about Abuse; Appendix A; Part II -- Effective Interventions; Chapter 7 -- Understanding Power; Appendix A; Chapter 8 -- The Healing and Recovery Process; Chapter 9 -- Treatment Models; Chapter 10 -- Promoting Client Safety |
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Chapter 11 -- How to Listen to, Hear, and Understand Clients' StoriesChapter 12 -- Crisis Care; Chapter 13 -- The Invisibility of Men's Pain; Chapter 14 -- Racism, Oppression, and Childhood Trauma; Chapter 15 -- Personal and Professional Self-Care; Index; About the Authors |
| Summary |
This informative book gives mental health professionals who are not child abuse specialists knowledge and skills that are especially relevant to their direct service role and practice context. It introduces to these practitioners a conceptual bridge between biomedical and psychosocial understandings of mental disorder, providing a multidimensional approach that allows professionals to think holistically and connect clients' abusive pasts with their present-day symptoms and behaviors. It includes reviews of the most up-to-date findings with direct practice guides in helping clients |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Adult child abuse victims -- Mental health
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Psychic trauma in children.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Child Abuse.
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Adult child abuse victims -- Mental health
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Psychic trauma in children
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gallop, Dr. Ruth
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| ISBN |
9781452221700 |
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1452221707 |
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