Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children » (1st Edition)

Cathy A. Malchiodi, ATR-BC, LPCC, CPAT, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, art therapist, and expressive arts therapist, and is also a faculty member at the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children and at Lesley University. She has more than 25 years of clinical experience in working with people of all ages and has worked as an art therapist with survivors of traumatic experiences, including domestic violence, physical and sexual abuse, disaster, and serious or life-threatening illnesses. Ms. Malchiodi is a frequent presenter on art and health care throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe, and has given more than 250 invited presentations. She is the only person to have received all three of the American Art Therapy Association's highest honors: Distinguished Service Award (1991), Clinician Award (2000), and Honorary Life Member Award (2002). The author or editor of numerous books, including The Art Therapy Sourcebook, Understanding Children's Drawings, and the Handbook of Art Therapy, she has also published over 70 peer-reviewed papers on the use of art therapy and arts medicine with trauma survivors, survivors of child physical and sexual abuse, people with psychiatric disorders, and those with physical illness.

Rich with case material and artwork samples, this volume demonstrates a range of creative approaches for facilitating children's emotional reparation and recovery from trauma. Contributors include experienced practitioners of play, art, music, movement and drama therapies, bibliotherapy, and integrative therapies, who describe step-by-step strategies for working with individual children, families, and groups. The case-based format makes the book especially practical and user-friendly. Specific types of stressful experiences addressed include parental loss, child abuse, accidents, family violence, bullying, and mass trauma. Broader approaches to promoting resilience and preventing posttraumatic problems in children at risk are also presented.

Crisis and Loss Illness

"The book has a rich collection of black and white sketches that are worth the price of the book on its own merit. They speak when words fail....The book has good reference information, organized by chapters."--Illness, Crisis and Loss

Creative Interventions and Children: Basics of Practice
Creative Interventions and Childhood Trauma   Cathy A. Malchiodi     3
Effective Practice with Traumatized Children: Ethics, Evidence, and Cultural Sensitivity   Cathy A. Malchiodi     22
Creative Interventions with Individuals
Expressive Therapy for Severe Maltreatment and Attachment Disorders: A Neuroscience Framework   P. Gussie Klorer     43
Music and Grief Work with Children and Adolescents   Russell E. Hilliard     62
Grieving in the Public Eye: Art Therapy with Children Who Lost Parents in the World Trade Center Attacks   Laura V. Loumeau-May     81
Medical Art and Play Therapy with Accident Survivors   Elizabeth Sanders Martin     112
Creative Approaches to Minimize the Traumatic Impact of Bullying Behavior   Diane S. Safran   Elysa R. Safran     132
Trauma, Loss, and Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Stories   Cathy A. Malchiodi   Deanne Ginns-Gruenberg     167
Creative Interventions with Families and Groups
Creative Crisis Intervention Techniques with Children and Families   Lennis G. Echterling   Anne Stewart     189
Working Creatively with Children and Their Families after Trauma: The Storied Life   Ann Cattanach     211
Vanquishing Monsters: DramaTherapy for Treating Childhood Trauma in the Group Setting   Craig Haen     225
A Group Art and Play Therapy Program for Children from Violent Homes   Cathy A. Malchiodi     247
Interventions for Parents of Traumatized Children   William Steele   Cathy A. Malchiodi     264
Creative Intervention as Prevention
Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth in Traumatized Children   Cathy A. Malchiodi   William Steele   Caelan Kuban     285
Ready ..., Set ..., Relax!: Relaxation Strategies with Children and Adolescents   Roger J. Klein     302
Index     321