Treating Trauma in Adolescents Development, Attachment, and the Therapeutic Relationship

• Main Author: Straus, Martha B. 1956- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York London THE GUILFORD PRESS 2017
• Subjects: Stress Disorders, Traumatic > therapy; Psychology, Adolescent; Psychotherapy > methods; Adolescent Development; Object Attachment; Professional-Patient Relations
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• Physical Description: xvii, 284 pages 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781462536160

This book presents an innovative and empathic approach to working with traumatized teens. It offers strategies for getting through to high-risk adolescents and for building a strong attachment relationship that can help get development back on track. Martha B. Straus draws on extensive clinical experience as well as cutting-edge research on attachment, developmental trauma, and interpersonal neurobiology. Vivid case material shows how to engage challenging or reluctant clients, implement interventions that foster self-regulation and an integrated sense of identity, and tap into both the teen's and the therapist's moment-to-moment emotional experience. Essential topics include ways to involve parents and other caregivers in treatment.