Revealing the Inner World of Traumatized Children : an Attachment-Informed Model for Assessing Emotional Needs and Treatment.

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Revealing the Inner World of Traumatised Children and Young People: An Attachment-Informed Model for Assessing Emotional Needs and Treatment by Christine Bradley with Francia Kinchington -- Foreword by Judith Trowell -- Preface -- The Cotswold Community: The Story of a Pioneering Therapeutic Community by John Whitwell -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction by Christine Bradley -- Part 1 -- Exploring Integration, Unintegration and Attachment: A Jigsaw Puzzle in the Making -- 1. The Development of The Self through a Secure Attachment by Alistair Cooper

2. Unintegration and Attachment: The Legacy of Bowlby and Winnicott by Christine Bradley3. Syndromes of Deprivation: Finding the Starting Point by Christine Bradley -- 4. Assessing the Needs of Traumatised Children by Christine Bradley -- 5. Therapeutic Treatment Plans: Putting Them into Practice by Christine Bradley -- 6. Creating a Therapeutic Culture by Christine Bradley -- Part 2 -- Applying the Concepts in Different Settings -- 7. How it Works by Christine Bradley -- 8. Therapeutic Care and Treatment of Children and Young People in Residential Care by Christine Bradley

9. Leading and Managing a Therapeutic Community by John Diamond10. Fostering and Post-Adoption by Christine Bradley -- 11. The Unintegrated Adolescent by Christine Bradley -- Conclusion by Christine Bradley -- Afterword: The 'Someone' Involved in the Young Person's Care -- Policy Aspects for Developing Facilitating and Holding Environments by Jonathan Stanley -- Glossary -- References -- List of Contributors

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.

This work provides an attachment-informed assessment and treatment model for understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatized children, based upon concepts deriving from the traditions of Winnicott and Bowlby and supported by current neuroscience and trauma research. Bringing together the latest research and theory about a child's inner world and the impact of the world around them, this is a guide to understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatised children. Founded on the principle that traumatised children do not have a secure sense of self and therefore cannot relate to the outside world without becoming overwhelmed, this book brings psychoanalytic and psychodynamic understandings of child psychology together with current neuroscience and trauma theory. At the heart of the book is an attachment-informed assessment model and guidance for treatment. Professionals working therapeutically with traumatised children, including therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health workers, social workers and residential care workers, will benefit from the wealth of knowledge and valuable practice guidance presented in this book.

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