Psychotherapy of Abused and Neglected Children

by Terry Dianne Pezzot-Pearce and John W. Pearce

Book Overview

This widely used guidebook and text combines theory, research, and practical clinical strategies. Provided is a thoughtful framework for understanding the developmental impact of maltreatment;... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572301635
• ISBN13: 9781572301634
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A primer for new therapists, reminders for others

This presentation, by two experienced Canadian child psychologists, is a step by step address to the evaluation and therapy of children who have been abused and neglected. Their work is sensitive to all of the issues and particularly mindful of the role of the therapist as initial stranger/intruder. The guidance about the role of the therapist as a attachment object for children, who can potentially become critically important in the negotiation of the child's world in foster or home care, is core to their approach to healing.Well written and especially useful to new therapists, this book makes liberal use of case material and children's drawings as examples of the ongoing process of therapy. The address to the role of the therapists liaison to caseworkers and courts, although from a Canadian view, will be helpful to all who struggle with dysfunctional systems.