ABSTRACT
Trauma-Attachment Tangle offers informative and inspiring clinical stories of children who have complex trauma and attachment issues from experiences such as adoption, hospitalization, or death of a parent. Some of these children display puzzling or extreme symptoms like prolonged tantrums, self-hatred, attacking their parents or being fearful of common things like lights, solid foods or clothing. Dr. Lovett presents strategies for unraveling the traumatic origins of children’s symptoms and gives a variety of tools for treating complex trauma and for promoting attunement and attachment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I The Clinical Stories
chapter 1|14 pages
Amy: Violent Behavior in an Adopted Toddler
chapter 2|13 pages
Monica: EMDR and Early Childhood Trauma
chapter 3|6 pages
Danilo: Trauma from Hospitalization
chapter 4|11 pages
Max: Following Unusual Symptoms Back to Their Traumatic Preverbal Origin
chapter 5|13 pages
Aiden: Including Parents in Their Child’s Trauma Resolution
chapter 6|20 pages
Charles and Tomas: Angry Boys, Out-of-Sync Parents
chapter 7|12 pages
Zachary: Dealing with the Loss of a Parent
chapter 8|24 pages
Joey: Developmental Disabilities Complicating Trauma Resolution
chapter 9|7 pages
Vivian and Jenny: Sisters’ Different Expressions of Trauma
chapter 10|16 pages
Ollie: The Newborn Intensive Care Graduate
part |2 pages
PART II Cultivating Positive Emotions
chapter 11|6 pages
Strategies for Enhancing a Child’s Strengths
chapter 12|4 pages
Games for Promoting Connection and Cooperation
chapter 13|16 pages
Additional Therapeutic Options
part |2 pages
PART III Writing the New Story
chapter 14|32 pages
A Healing Narrative: What? Why? How?
part |2 pages
Conclusion