| Title | : | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Child Trauma and Abuse: A Step-by-Step Approach |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.68 (639 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1849050864 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 140 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2010-05-15 |
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The effects of trauma and abuse on children can be long-lasting, acute and damaging. Evidence suggests that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a highly effective form of psychotherapy to help children to overcome these effects. This book uses an evidence-based CBT treatment model to assist children and adolescents aged 9-15 years to resolve trauma symptoms and increase their coping skills. The approach is made up of 16 step-by-step sessions to carry out with the young person, and includes worksheets and fun activities using arts and crafts. The model uses four phases: strengthening the child's psychosocial context; enhancing their coping skills; processing their trauma through gradual exposure; and addressing special issues that the child may have and preventing relapse. The child keeps a scrapbook for the duration of the programme in which they keep worksheets, artwork and any other activities they carry out. The approach is designed for individual therapy but also includes sessio
Editorial : 'This is a useful and practical guide to utilising CBT techniques with children who have experienced abuse The manual itself provides session-by-session guides including a list of tools and equipment required and relevant worksheets The approach provides good practical techniques to enhance psychological coping, and as long as this context is held in mind then this is a useful tool for practitioners working with abused and traumatised children. -- Child Abuse Review It is nice to see (the therapeutic) relationship being emphasised within such complex difficulties, this is all too often overlooked in CBT The cultural narrative nicely mirros the collaborative and safe therapeutic environment of CBT Many of the proposed activities such as 'paper people' are well thought out, creative, and reduce the pressure on the therapist to try to come up with activities the authors cleverly model a scaffolded, pace and stepped approach for the therapist as much as for the client. A major strength of
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