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Intended for practicing therapists and other mental health, social service, and legal professionals. Heineman (psychiatry and pediatrics, U. of California at San Francisco) shows how abuse disrupts normal development and how psychodynamic psychotherapy can help children talk about, understand, and move beyond the harm that has been done to them. She focuses on the interplay between neurobiological and psychological facets of behavior. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Capturing the complexities of working with abused children, Heineman explores the intrapsychic worlds of these youngsters and examines many of the paradoxes and complications encountered when treating them. The book traces the interplay of neurobiological and psychological facets of behavior to show how abuse derails normal development and how psychodynamic psychotherapy can reestablish emotional connections.Chapters highlight special issues involved when working with children who have been physically, sexually, and emotionally abused, exploring memory and disclosure, dissociation and externalization, and the relationship between action and spoken language. The book also addresses important factors in understanding and working with parents and caregivers and reviews such relevant legal issues as the process of court-ordered evaluations. Throughout, clinical vignettes illustrate the practical applications of concepts and theories discussed.
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