With contributions from prominent experts, this pragmatic book takes a close look at the nature of complex psychological trauma in children and adolescents and the clinical challenges it presents. Each chapter shows how a complex trauma perspective can provide an invaluable unifying framework for case conceptualization, assessment, and intervention amidst the chaos and turmoil of these young patients' lives. A range of evidence-based and promising therapies are reviewed and illustrated with vivid case vignettes. The volume is grounded in clinical innovations and cutting-edge research on child and adolescent brain development, attachment, and emotion regulation, and discusses diagnostic criteria, including those from DSM-IV and DSM-5. See also Drs. Ford and Courtois's edited volume Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults, Second Edition, and their authored volume, Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach.
I. Complex Trauma in Childhood and Adolescence 1. Relational Trauma, Brain Development, and Dissociation, Allan N. Schore 2. Childhood Trauma, Brain Connectivity, and the Self, Ruth A. Lanius, Robyn Bluhm, & Paul A. Frewen 3. Relational Trauma and Disorganized Attachment, Pamela C. Alexander 4. Betrayal Trauma, Laura A. Kaehler, Rebecca Babcock, Anne P. DePrince, & Jennifer J. Freyd 5. Cumulative Trauma in Childhood, Damion Grasso, Carolyn Greene, & Julian D. Ford 6. The Translational Evidence Base, Ruth R. DeRosa, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, & Christopher M. Layne 7. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, Julian D. Ford, Kathleen Nader, & Kenneth E. Fletcher II. Individual Psychotherapy Models 8. Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma, Cheryl Lanktree & John Briere 9. Dissociation-Focused Therapy, Sandra Wieland & Joyanna Silberg 10. Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Matthew Kliethermes, Rachel Wamser Nanney, Judith A. Cohen, & Anthony P. Mannarino 11. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Debra Wesselmann & Francine Shapiro 12. Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Adolescents, Ruth R. DeRosa & Jill H. Rathus III. Systemic Approaches to Treatment 13. The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, Bruce D. Perry & Christine L. Dobson 14. Developmental Trauma Therapy Models, Julian D. Ford, Margaret E. Blaustein, Mandy Habib, & Richard Kagan 15. The Sanctuary Model, Sandra L. Bloom 16. Child-Parent Psychotherapy and Historical Trauma, Amy Klatzkin, Alicia F. Lieberman, & Patricia Van Horn 17. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Anthony J. Urquiza & Susan Timmer 18. Trauma Systems Therapy, Carryl P. Navalta, Adam D. Brown, Amanda Nisewaner, B. Heidi Ellis, & Glenn N. Saxe 19. Conclusion, Julian D. Ford & Christine A. Courtois Index
