Mass Trauma and Violence: Helping Families and Children Cope (Clinical Practice with Children, Adolescents, and Families) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572309768 ISBN 13: 9781572309760

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2003

Synopsis

This book describes a range of effective ways to help children and families cope with major traumatic experiences such as community violence, war, and terrorist attacks. Detailed case examples bring to life the complexities of assessment and intervention with children of different ages and cultural backgrounds, including both survivors of one-time traumatic events and those dealing with ongoing stressors like the military deployment of a parent. Expert contributors provide guidelines for setting up and running school- and clinic-based support groups; conducting brief and longer-term interventions with individuals and families; and promoting healing with art, music, and play. Grounded in the latest knowledge on stress and coping, bereavement, attachment, and risk and resilience, and including much-needed tips for therapist self-care, this is an essential clinical resource and text.

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, LICSW, RPT-S, is a leading authority on play therapy with children who have experienced loss and traumatic bereavement. She is University Distinguished Professor Emerita of Social Work in the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University, where she held an endowed Chair in Child Welfare Studies and founded the Post-Master’s Certificate Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy. Dr. Webb taught clinical practice at Fordham for 30 years. She has published numerous books on child therapy, trauma, and bereavement, including Helping Bereaved Children, Third Edition; Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents in Crisis, Fourth Edition; and Social Work Practice with Children, Fourth Edition. Dr. Webb is an active supervisor, consultant, and trainer who presents frequently at conferences in the United States and internationally. She is a recipient of honors including the Day-Garrett Award from the Smith College School for Social Work, the Clinical Practice Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and the designation of Distinguished Scholar by the National Academies of Practice in Social Work.

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Part I. Theoretical Framework for Assessment and Treatment
1. The Impact of Traumatic Stress and Loss on Children and Families
Nancy Boyd Webb
2. A DevelopmentalTransactional Framework for Assessment of Children and Families Following a Mass Trauma
Nancy Boyd Webb
3. Treating Traumatized Children and Adolescents: Treatment Issues, Modalities, Timing, and Methods
Kathleen Nader
Part II. Helping Interventions
4. Treatment of Childhood Traumatic Grief: Application of Cognitive-Behavioral and Client-Centered Therapies
Robin F. Goodman
5. Creation of a Group Mural to Promote Healing Following a Mass Trauma
Idalia Mapp and David Koch
6. How Schools Respond to Traumatic Events: Debriefing Interventions and Beyond
Mary Beth Williams
7. Ongoing, Long-Term Grief Support Groups for Traumatized Families
Charlotte Burrough and Danny Mize
8. Bereavement Groups Soon after Traumatic Death
Beth Hartley
9. Music Therapy to Help Traumatized Children and Caregivers
Joanne V. Loewy and Kristen Stewart
10. Sandplay, Art, and Play Therapy to Promote Anxiety Reduction
Lois Carey
11. Community Outreach and Education to Deal with Cultural Resistance to Mental Health Services
Lin Fang and Teddy Chen
Part III. Living with Traumatic Memories and Ongoing Fears
12. Treatment of Psychological Trauma in Children of Military Families
Thomas Hardaway
13. A Drawing Technique for Diagnosis and Therapy of Adolescents Suffering Traumatic Stress and Loss Related to Terrorism
Tova Yedidia and Haya Itzhaky
14. Living in the Shadow of Community Violence in Northern Ireland: A Therapeutic Response
Isobel Reilly, Matt McDermott, and Stephen Coulter
15. Avoiding Vicarious Traumatization: Social Support, Spirituality, and Self-Care
Maddy Cunningham
16. Ongoing Issues and Challenges for Mental Health Professionals Working with Survivors of Mass Trauma
Nancy Boyd Webb
Appendix
Index

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1572309768
• ISBN 13: 9781572309760
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 378
• Editor: Webb Nancy Boyd