Providing an authoritative overview of the growing phenomena of child to parent violence - a feature in the daily life of increasing numbers of families - this book outlines what we know about it, what is effective in addressing it, and outlines a proven model for intervention.
Child to Parent Violence and Abuse is the first accessible, step-by-step practitioner's guide to understanding and working effectively with the thousands of families experiencing an underreported but deeply traumatic problem within the home.
This book examines the experiences of orphaned child survivors of Guatemala's 36-year internal armed conflict and genocide who were raised in an in-country permanent residential home. Now adults, they have faced long-term consequences but also have become resilient, well-adapted adults with a strong sense of identity and belonging.
The scale of the Rotherham child protection scandal has led professionals responsible for safeguarding children in other regions to recognise the extent of child abuse in their area and consider how to respond efficiently.
Drawing on lessons learned from key case reviews and independent practice, this book tells the ......
Is repressed memory fact or fiction? What role should therapists play in determining the truth? Here, doctors, therapists, victims, researchers, and others search for answers in seven major areas: memory and its recovery, childhood trauma, repression and amnesia, hypnosis, suggestibility, professional problems and ethical issues.
In A Child Sees God, Howard Worsley explores how we can all learn from a child's perspective of the world and shows how a child's eye view of the Bible reveals many interesting ideas about ethics and morality, and provides new ways of understanding these ancient stories.By asking families to read Bible stories to their children and discuss these ......
Among the many religious acts condemned in the Hebrew Bible, child sacrifice stands out as particularly horrifying. The idea that any group of people would willingly sacrifice their own children to their god(s) is so contrary to modern moral sensibilities that it is difficult to imagine that such a practice could have ever existed. ......
Lifting the Veil examines child rape in Ghana within the framework of rape culture. It adopts a holistic approach that combines the perspectives of victims and perpetrators and draws attention to poverty as central to a culture of irresponsibility among segments of the male population who engage in child rape.
Integrating Theories of Developmental Psychology Into Clinical Practice
All too often children are diagnosed and medicated without the consideration that their symptoms may actually be a healthy response to stressful life events. This integrative guide for mental health practitioners who work with children underscores the importance of considering the etiology of a child's symptoms within a developmental framework ......
