Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition: How to Foster Resilience through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency

Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition: How to Foster Resilience through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency

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This lovely, almost inconceivably comprehensive book should be on the top shelf of every child and family therapist practicing today, whether or not they conceptualize themselves as "trauma therapists." It is also serves as a highly valuable resource for multidisciplinary providers, educators and related professionals, particularly those who work with children, youth or young adults in congregate settings including school, residential treatment centers, daycare, early intervention, drop-in centers, family shelters, and juvenile detention facilities).In this second edition, the authors have captured the rich evolution of their ARC (Attachment, Regulation, Competency) intervention model, with increased emphasis on undertaking this work within diverse caregiving systems and settings. It also includes extensive new material on tailoring ARC treatment with clients, their families and caregiving systems based on particular phases --defined and described by the authors-- in the recovery process from complex trauma. Finally, this edition now includes so many exercises, worksheets and handouts that they practically constitute a separate workbook in and of themselves. These can be downloaded to guide treatment planning, supervision, classroom and milieu activities.As a complex trauma treatment model co-developer myself, I am humbled by this book and can give no higher praise than to admit that I wish I had written it. I commend the authors for the unexpected feat of surpassing their initial achievement with this outstanding and essential second edition.