What to Do When Children Clam Up in Psychotherapy
Interventions to Facilitate Communication
Cathy A. Malchiodi, David A. Crenshaw
- 247 pages
- English
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What to Do When Children Clam Up in Psychotherapy
Interventions to Facilitate Communication
Cathy A. Malchiodi, David A. Crenshaw
Ă propos de ce livre
Therapists who work with children and adolescents are frequently faced with nonresponsive, reticent, or completely nonverbal clients. This volume brings together expert clinicians who explore why 4- to 16-year-olds may have difficulty talking and provide creative ways to facilitate communication. A variety of play, art, movement, and animal-assisted therapies, as well as trauma-focused therapy with adolescents, are illustrated with vivid clinical material. Contributors give particular attention to the neurobiological effects of trauma, how they manifest in the body when children "clam up, " and how to help children self-regulate and feel safe. Most chapters conclude with succinct lists of recommended practices for engaging hard-to-reach children that therapists can immediately try out in their own work.