The Abused Child
Psychodynamic Understanding and Treatment
Toni Vaughn Heineman
Hardcover
Hardcover
orderJuly 23, 1998
ISBN 9781572303751
Price: $45.00 243 Pages
Size: 6" x 9"
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Introduction
1. What Is Abuse and Who Decides?
2. Treating a Moving Target: Developmental Considerations in Work with Abused Children
3. A Template for Developmentally Informed Evaluations
4. Neurobiology and Psychology: The Formation and Meaning of Symptoms
5. Memory and Disclosure
6. Looking Outward: Externalization and Dissociation
7. The Paradox of Language in Treating the Unspeakable
8. Good Guys and Bad Guys: The Temptations of Splitting
9. Collaborative Work with Parents of Abused Children
10. The Unconscious Transmission of Abuse
11. The Interface between Legal and Psychodynamic Considerations
Conclusion