The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications
The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications

The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications

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The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications

Edited By Ana M. Gómez, Jillian Hosey

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The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications is a comprehensive and truly vital text for both experienced professionals and novice clinicians alike. In these pages, dozens of experts and pioneers thoroughly cover the complex nuances of theory, assessment, research, and clinical practice. Specific sections cover etiology, neurobiology, and various theoretical and conceptual models for working with the complexities of cumulative and chronic traumatization in childhood.

Additional sections cover standardized and non-standardized assessment and diagnostic tools, as well as the formulation and organization of the clinical interview with children and caregivers. Other chapters provide systematic and comprehensive reviews of current treatment modalities and effective approaches for treating children with complex trauma and dissociation across different stages of early development. The book’s co-editors bookend the volume with thorough explorations of the nuanced and multifaceted issues impacting children with complex trauma and dissociative symptoms and features.

Table of Contents (Chapter 31 written by Ana Gomez and Marshall Lyles)

1. Setting the Stage: An Introduction to Child Complez Trauma and Dissociation

Ana M. Gomez, MC, LPC & Jillian Hosey, MSW, RSW, LICSW

 Part 1: Theory, Conceptual Models, and Neurobiology in Children with Complex Trauma and Dissociation

2. Epidemiology of Dissociation in Children

Colin A. Ross, MD

3. The Discrete Behavioral States/States of Being Model

John Lovern, PhD

4. Traumatic Attachment: Clinicial Reasoning for Attachment Trauma

Benedetto Farina, MD & Adriano Schimmenti, PhD

5. Affect Regulation, Attachment, and the Developing Social Brain: Implications for Assessment & Treatment of Dissociative Disorders

Richard M. Cross, UKCP

6. Structural Dissociation: Developmental Pathways and Treatment Implications

Kathy Steele, MN, CS 

7. The Autohypnotic Model of Dissociation

D. Michael Coy, MA, LICSW

8. Knowledge Isolation, Protective Adaptation, and Long-Term Impacts: Betrayal Trauma Theory's Contribution to Our Understanding of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Childhood

Laura K. Noll, PhD

9. Interpersonal Neurobiology

Robyn Gobbel, LMSW

10. Polyvagal Theory and The Autonomic Nervous System

George S. Thompson, MD

11. The Innate Connection System and Sensory-Affective Orienting: Relevance to Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)

Jessica Christie-Sands, PhD, CPsychol., CSci., AFBPsS and Frank Corrigan, MD, FRCPsych

Part 2: Symptomatology, Assessment, & Diagnosis in Children with Complex Trauma and Dissociation

12. Symptomatology in Children with Complex Trauma and Dissociation

Betsy de Thierry, MA

13. Considerations in Screening, Assesment, and Clinical Interviewing

Alexis Arbuthnott, PhD, RD Psych., Billie Jo Bennet, MSW, RSW, Jillian Hosey, MSW, RSW, LICSW and Patti van Eys, PhD

14. Differential and Co-occuring Diagnoses, Neurodivergence, & the Complexity of Dissociative Features in Children

Patti van Eys, PhD and Alexis Arbuthnott, PhD, RD Psych

15. Working Considerations in Building the Road Map to Treatment: Case Conceptualization, Treatment Guidelines, and Treatment Planning

Jillian Hosey, MSW, RSW, LICSW

16. Clinical Applications of the Star Theoretical Model

Frances S. Waters, DCSW, LMSW, LMFT

Part 3: Treatment Modalities in Child Complex Trauma and Dissociation

17. Trauma-informed child psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Valerie Sinason, PhD., PGTC, MACP

18. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy

Kim S. Golding, PsyD

19. The Attachment Video-Feedback Intervention (AVI): Reducing Dysregulated Parental Behavior, Attachment Disorganization and Dissociation

Valérie Langlois, PhD/PsyD., Gabrielle Myre PhD/PsyD (C) & Chantal Cyr, PhD

 20. A Multimodal-Integrative Approach to EMDR Therapy

Ana M. Gomez, MC, LPC

21. Psycho-Sensory Intervention®: An Occupational Therapy Approach

Kim Barthel, BMR, OTR

22. A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Perspective on Family Interventions

Bonnie Goldstein, PhD, Ed.M., LCSW

23. Somatic Experiencing

Maggie Kline, LMFT

24. Clinical Neurofeedback

Anna K. Morrell, MA, LMHC, BCN

25. Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Not Just for Acute Trauma Anymore!

Matthew D. Kliethermes, PhD

26. Animal-Assisted Therapy

Michael Remole, MA, LCPC, NCC

27. Child-Centered Play Therapy

Kristi L. Perryman, PhD, LPC, RPT-S

28. TraumaPlay: An Integrative Play Therapy Model for Children with Complex Trauma

Paris Goodyear-Brown, LCSW, RPT-S & Eleah Hyatt, LMFT, RPT-S

29. Theraplay and Parts Work for Treating Children with Trauma and Dissociation

Karen Andor, BA, BA (hons), B.Ed. (hons), MEd & Dafna Lender, LCSW

30. A Synergetic Play Therapy Approach

Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S

31. An Integrative and Phase-Oriented Approach to Sandtray Therapy

Ana M. Gomez, MC, LPC & Marshall Lyles, LPC-S, LMFT-S, RPT-S

32. Art Therapy for Developmental Trauma and Dissociation with Children

Elizabeth Davis, MFA, MS, LCAT, ATR-BC

Part 4: Important Considerations in the Treatment of Children with Complex Trauma and Dissociation

33. The Therapeutic Relationship

Jillian Hosey, MSW, RSW, LICSW & Eva Teirstein Young, MFA, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT

34. Boundaries and Ethics

David S. Prescott, LICSW

35. Sociocultural Determinants, Anti-Oppresive and Culturally Responsive Practices

LaKaavia Taylor, PhD, LPC, NCC, RPT & Krystal K. Turner, M.A., LPC-Associate, NCC

36. Prenatal Reform: Complex Trauma, Dissociation, and Bonding with the Calming Womb Model

Rosita Cortizo, PsyD, MFT, MA

37. Fractured Bonds: Healing Trauma in the Caregiving System

Maria Zaccagnino, PhD, Martina Cussino, PhD & Civilotti Cristina, PhD

38. Intersecting Timelines: Generational Perspectives

Rebeca Chow, PhD, LPC, LCPC, RPT-S

39. Shame and Guilt

 Paula Moreno, LCP, Licensed Clinical Psychologist  & Sandra Baita, LCP, Licensed Clinical Psychologist 

40. The Trauma-Formed Defense and Self-Protective System

 Ana M. Gomez, MC, LPC

41. Self-Harm and Suicidality in Children with Complex Trauma and Dissociation

Alexis Arbuthnott, PhD

42. Complex Trauma and Dissociation in the Face of Ongoing Stress and Trauma: Child Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Safa Kemal Kaptan, PhD, Betül Yilmaz, MSc, Tania Bosqui, PhD & Trudy Mooren, PhD

 43. Listening to the Body Speak: Conversion Issues and Functional Neurological Symptoms

Nicole Black, PhD, LPC-S, LCDC, RPT

  44. Chronic Pain, Medical Issues, and Complicated Clinical Presentations in Children With Complex Trauma and Dissociation

Christine C. Forner, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW

 45. "Mind Control" in Ritualistic and Other Extreme and Dissociation-Savvy Abuse

Ellen Lacter, Ph.D. 

46. Psychiatry and Pharmacology in the Treatment of Children and Youth with Complex Trauma and Dissociation 

Darren Bingham, MD, MRC Psych., Helen Milroy, MBBS, RANZCP, CATCAP, Guilia Pace, MD, RANZCP, Pradeep Rao, MBBS, MD, FRC Psych., FRANZCP, CCT & Alix Woolard, PhD

47. Conclusion

Jillian Hosey, MSW, RSW, LICSW & Ana M. Gomez, MC, LPC