Modifying EMDR to help children resolve trauma and develop loving relationships

Trauma-Attachment Tangle offers inspiring clinical stories of children who have complex trauma and attachment issues from early experiences.

---

B0ok Description

“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.”

—Description from publisher

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: The Clinical Stories

1. Amy: Violent Behavior in an Adopted Toddler

2. Monica: EMDR for a Young Child 

3. Danilo: Hospitalization for Asthma Affected the Whole Family 

4. Max: Following Symptoms Back to their Preverbal Origin 

5. Aiden: Including Parents in their Child’s Trauma Resolution 

6. Charles and Tomas: Angry Boys, Out-of-Sync Parents

7. Zachary: Dealing with the Loss of a Parent 

8. Joey: Developmental Disabilities Complicating Trauma Resolution 

9. Vivian and Jenny: Sisters’ Different Expression of Trauma 

10. Ollie: The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduate 

Part II: Cultivating Positive Emotions 

11. Strategies for Resource Enhancement 

12. Games for Promoting Connection and Cooperation 

13. Additional Aids to Therapy with Children

Part III. Writing The New Story 

14. A Healing Narrative: What? Why? How?

Part IV: Conclusion 

15. Trauma, Attachment, EMDR and Health

—Description from publisher

Book Access

Purchase/Subscription Required

Lovett, J. (2015). Trauma-attachment tangle: Modifying EMDR to help children resolve trauma and develop loving relationships. New York, NY: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Trauma-Attachment-Tangle-Modifying-EMDR-to-Help-Children-Resolve-Trauma-and-Develop-Loving-Relationships/Lovett/p/book/9781138789968

• ISBN: 9781138789968

About the Author

“Joan Lovett, MD, is a behavioral pediatrician practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant. She has given presentations and trainings about treating childhood trauma in the US, Canada, Central America, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Lovett is also the author of Small Wonders: Healing Childhood Trauma with EMDR.”

—Description from publisher