Creative Therapies for Complex Trauma: Helping Children and Families in Foster Care, Kinship Care or Adoption

258 Pages·2017·2.12 MB·English

by  Joy Hasler

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complex trauma. This contribution to trauma literature clearly
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EDITED BY ANTHEA HENDRY AND JOY HASLER
Cover by Blue Box Design JKP
FOREWORD BY COLWYN TREVARTHEN

‘This is an important book. For people who already know as a matter
of lived experience that childhood trauma can destroy lives, this
book will inspire hope and confidence in the capacity of the human
spirit to recover. And for those who do not understand the impact of
childhood adversity this book will enlighten and instruct through the
depth of knowledge shared and the accessibility of the many stories
illuminating the impact of trauma and recovery in everyday life. I hope
that it will be read by many, and I am sure that those who do read it
will treasure it.’
– Kate Cairns, Director of KCA
‘This clear, concise, cutting-edge collection of chapters by a wide
range of skilled contributors demonstrates how insights from
contemporary evidence-based research may be used to enable healing
for traumatized children who are not able to live with their birth
parents. Its relevance is far-reaching and makes it a “must-have” book
for all who work with patients who struggle to overcome the effects of
early relational trauma.’
– Margaret Wilkinson, Training Analyst in the Society of Analytical
Psychology and author of Coming Into Mind: The Mind-Brain
Relationship: A Jungian Clinical Perspective and Changing Minds
in Therapy: Emotion, Attachment, Trauma, and Neurobiology
‘This is a brilliant book bringing together innovative creative therapies
for adopted and fostered children and their families by specialists who
have many years of experience of working with distressed or troubled
children. If you are an adopter or foster carer you must use therapists
who have both read this book and apply the principles.’
– Helen Oakwater: Author of Bubble Wrapped Children: How Social
Networking is Transforming the Face of 21st Century Adoption
‘Creative Therapies for Complex Trauma is a very useful addition to the
literature on this subject. It draws on the practice experience of an
impressive range of therapists, and makes very effective use of case studies
to exemplify and explore theoretical issues. Of use to both readers who
are new to this area of work and to more experienced practitioners, it
is certainly going to be on the reading list for my courses.’
– Dr Kathy Evans, Senior Lecturer at the University of South Wales

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CREATIVE
THERAPIES FOR
COMPLEX TRAUMA
HELPING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
IN FOSTER CARE, KINSHIP CARE
OR ADOPTION
EDITED BY ANTHEA HENDRY AND JOY HASLER
FOREWORD BY COLWYN TREVARTHEN
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CONTENTS
Foreword by Colwyn Trevarthen 7
Acknowledgements 12
Introduction 13
Anthea Hendry and Joy Hasler
Part 1: Mapping Out the Territory
1. Complex Trauma in Children: An Overview of
Theoretical Developments 22
Franca Brenninkmeyer
2. Creative Therapies for Complex Trauma:
Theory into Practice 42
Anthea Hendry
3. Putting Theory into Practice: Implications for Caregivers 58
Janet Smith
Part 2: Clinical Applications of Creative
Therapies for Complex Trauma
4. How Does Trauma Affect the Whole Family?: Assessments
of the Effect of Trauma on Attachment Relationships 78
Joy Hasler
5. Beyond Words: Family Futures’ Neuro Physiological
Psychotherapy Approach to the Assessment and Treatment
of Traumatized Children 98
Alan Burnell and Jay Vaughan
6. Dyadic Parent–Child Art Psychotherapy with Children
Who Have Been Exposed to Complex Trauma 116
Anthea Hendry and Elizabeth Taylor Buck
7. Healing Rhythms: Music Therapy for Attachment
and Trauma 135
Joy Hasler
8. Making a Drama: Interview with a Dramatherapist Who
Works with Adoptive Families 154
Molly Holland and Joy Hasler
9. When Play Therapy Is Not Enough: Using Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing/Bilateral Stimulation
in Combination with Play Therapy for the Child
with Complex Trauma 164
Renée Potgieter Marks
10. Dance Movement Therapy in Attachment Work: ‘Repetitive,
Rhythmic, Relevant, Relational, Respectful and Rewarding’ 181
Hannah Guy and Sue Topalian
Part 3: Complex Trauma and Creative
Practice in Education
11. Adapting to Working in Schools with the Family Futures’
Neuro Physiological Approach 200
Marion Allen
12. Rules, Relationships and Ripples: Therapy in a Specialist
Residential School 219
Sarah Ayache and Martin Gibson
About the Editors 236
About the Contributors 237
Organizations 242
Subject Index 245
Author Index 251