A Therapeutic Treasure Box for Working with Children and Adolescents with Developmental Trauma:
Creative Techniques and Activities


by Karen Treisman

Item: 9781785922633


Format: paperback
Pages: 424

Like a treasure chest, this resource overflows with valuable resources - information, ideas and techniques to inspire and support those working with children who have experienced relational and developmental trauma.

Drawing on a range of therapeutic models including systemic, psychodynamic, trauma, sensory, neurobiological, neurocognitive, attachment, cognitive behavioural, and creative ideas, Dr Karen Treisman explains how we understand trauma and its impact on children, teens and their families. She details how it can be seen in symptoms such as nightmares, sleeping difficulties, emotional dysregulation, rage, and outbursts.

Theory and strategies are accompanied by a treasure trove of practical, creative, and ready-to-use resources including over 100 illustrated worksheets and handouts, top tips, recommended sample questions, and photographed examples.

Reviews
“When we lift the lid on a child’s trauma it can feel overwhelming and impossible to address. Dr Karen Treisman’s accessible, insightful and resource laden book will change this for ever for every practitioner, therapist, parent and carer and the precious children they support.”
- Jane Evans, Childhood Trauma & Parenting Expert

“Children are doers more than they are talkers, and when we join them in doing, we find we are able to discover the story at the child’s pace. Dr Treisman has given us a wonderful book to help us to do this. Full of ideas, exercises and compassionate ways of joining with children to fully discover who they are, and to help them to manage difficulties that they are experiencing. This is grounded in the best of what we know about relational trauma. This book will enhance the most creative of us, and be a rich resource for those of us who doubt our own creativity. It will give all of us ways to go slower, to help children to feel safe enough to reveal their own story, and to find the confidence to allow us to share this story with their safe parents. Now healing can begin. My treasure box is certainly richer for having this book on my shelf.”
- Dr. Kim S. Golding, Clinical Psychologist

“This book is an extraordinary achievement. It is packed with myriad, tools, methods and suggestions that will be indispensable to therapists, parents and anyone working with traumatised kids. Most importantly, the book’s simplicity is deceptive as every page is built on the firm foundations of the latest science and a deep understanding of the effects of developmental trauma. I predict this will be a book that trauma therapists will be scared to leave home without.”
- Dr. Graham Music, Consultant Psychotherapist

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