Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children

A trusted, comprehensive resource, this volume demonstrates a range of creative approaches for facilitating children's emotional reparation and recovery from trauma. Experts in play, art, music, movement, and drama therapy, as well as bibliotherapy, describe step-by-step strategies for working with children, families, and groups. Rich with case material and artwork, the book is both practical and user-friendly. Specific types of stressful experiences discussed include parental loss, child abuse, family violence, bullying, and mass trauma. New to This Edition: *Updated and expanded discussions of trauma and of the neurobiological basis for creative interventions. *Chapters on art therapy and EMDR, body maps and dissociation, sandtray play, resiliency-based movement therapy, work with clay, mindfulness, and stress reduction with music therapy. *Highlights important developments in knowledge about self-regulation, resilience, and posttraumatic growth.

I. Creative Interventions and Children: Basics of Practice 1. Neurobiology, Creative Interventions, and Childhood Trauma, Cathy A. Malchiodi 2. Ethics, Evidence, Trauma-Informed Practice, and Cultural Sensitivity, Cathy A. Malchiodi II. Applications with Children and Adolescents 3. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Art Therapy with Traumatized Children, Madoka Takada Urhausen 4. Music and Grief Work with Children and Adolescents, Russell E. Hilliard 5. Art Therapy as an Intervention for Mass Terrorism and Violence, Laura V. Loumeau-May, Ellie Seibel-Nicol, Mary Pellicci Hamilton, & Cathy A. Malchiodi 6. Treating Dissociation in Traumatized Children with Body Maps, Bart Santen 7. Therapeutic Stories and Play in the Sandtray with Traumatized Children: The Moving Stories Method, Susanne Carroll Duffy 8. Dance/Movement Therapy with Refugee and Survivor Children: A Healing Pathway Is a Creative Process, Amber Elizabeth Gray 9. The Clay Field and Developmental Trauma in Children, Cornelia Elbrecht III. Applications with Families and Groups 10. Creative Crisis Intervention Techniques with Children and Families, Lennis G. Echterling & Anne L. Stewart 11. Vanquishing Monsters: Group Drama Therapy for Treating Trauma, Craig Haen 12. Trauma-Informed Art Therapy and Group Intervention with Children from Violent Homes, Cathy A. Malchiodi IV. Creative Interventions as Prevention 13. Bullying, Trauma, and Creative Art Interventions: Building Resilience and Supporting Prevention, Margaret M. McGuinness & Kathy J. Schnur 14. Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts Therapy and Mindfulness with Children and Adolescents Experiencing Trauma, Laury Rappaport 15. Sounds of Strength: Music Therapy for Hospitalized Children at Risk for Traumatization, Claire M. Ghetti & Annette M. Whitehead-Pleaux Appendix: Resources for Work with Traumatized Children Bibliotherapy Recommendations Trauma-Related Resources

Cathy A. Malchiodi, PhD, ATR-BC, LPCC, LPAT, REAT, is a psychologist andexpressive arts therapistspecializing in trauma recovery. Since the 1990s, Dr. Malchiodi has worked with traumatized children, adolescents, adults, and families, expanding the range of understanding of nonverbal, sensory-based concepts and methods. Founder and executive director of the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, Dr. Malchiodi has given over 700 invited keynotes, lectures, and workshops around the world, and has assisted more than 500 organizations and institutions in developing trauma-informed, expressive arts, and disaster relief programming. Her books include Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy, Understanding Childrens Drawings, and Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, Second Edition. Dr. Malchiodi is a contributing writer forPsychology Today, an active visual artist, and an aspiring musician.