Trauma and Violence Books
Helping Abused and Traumatized Children: Integrating Directive and Nondirective Approaches
Presenting an integrative model for treating traumatized children, this book combines play, art, and other expressive therapies with ideas and strategies drawn from cognitive-behavioral and family... (more)
Psychotherapy of Abused and Neglected Children: Second Edition
Now in a revised and updated second edition, this widely used guidebook and text combines theory, research, and practical clinical strategies. Provided is a thoughtful framework for understanding the... (more)
Trauma, Truth and Reconciliation: Healing Damaged Relationships
People do great wrongs to each other all the time, sometimes deliberately, sometimes accidentally. Many within the fields of mental health are centrally involved in helping people to heal from... (more)
Offenders' Memories of Violent Crimes
Violent offenders often claim amnesia in order to avoid punishment. It is important for investigators and juries to ascertain whether such amnesia is genuine or feigned; an offender with amnesia is... (more)
The Dissociative Mind
The Dissociative Mind takes the reader from neurophysiology to attachment theory to the clinical remediation of trauma states to the reality of evil. It provides a masterful overview of a literature... (more)
Trauma and Psychosis: New Directions for Theory and Therapy
"Trauma and Psychosis" provides a valuable contribution to the current understanding of the possible relationships between the experience of trauma and the range of phenomena currently referred to as... (more)
Helping Her Get Free: A Guide for Families and Friends of Abused Women
The classic guide for those hoping to help a loved one who is being abused. Teaches readers how to recognize abuse, become effective advocates, and take on the difficult role of being anchors rather... (more)
Predatory Priests, Silenced Victims: The Sexual Abuse Crisis and the Catholic Church
The sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church captured headlines and mobilized public outrage in January 2002. But much of the commentary that immediately followed was reductionistic, focusing on... (more)
Prologue to Violence: Child Abuse, Dissociation, and Crime
"Prologue to Violence" reveals what happens to those who survive horrific childhoods, only to commit terrifying crimes of their own. Interning on a hospital prison ward, Abby Stein listened to... (more)
Mothering Through Domestic Violence
This work is for those working in the fields of family and child welfare and policy makers. Research into children and domestic violence in recent years has emphasized the importance of giving... (more)
Counselling for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Third Edition
Covering the full spectrum of post-traumatic states, "Counselling for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder" provides a clear and detailed account of how these states can be recognised and includes chapters... (more)
Nuremberg Diary
In August 1945 Great Britain, France, the USSR, and the United States established a tribunal at Nuremberg to try military and civilian leaders of the Nazi regime. G. M. Gilbert, the prison... (more)
By Their Own Young Hand: Deliberate Self-Harm and Suicidal Ideas in Adolescents
Self-harm in adolescents is an increasingly recognized problem, and there is growing awareness of the important role schools and health services can play in detecting and supporting those at risk.... (more)
The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization
In this book, three leading researchers and clinicians share what they have learned from treating and studying chronically traumatized individuals across more than 65 years of collective experience.... (more)
The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting
World-renowned psychoanalyst, Alice Miller has devoted a lifetime to studying how the cruelties inflicted on children cripple them as adults. In this new work, Miller goes further, investigating the... (more)
Strategic Interventions for People in Crisis, Trauma and Disaster
"Strategic Interventions for People in Crisis, Trauma and Disasters" enable therapists to walk into potentially explosive situations with a thorough understanding of the interactional dynamics and a... (more)
Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity (Hardback)
See catalogue number 27515 for the paperback edition. "Shattered Lives" bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic... (more)
Counselling Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: Third Edition
This book provides practical strategies for those new to counselling in this field. This updated and expanded edition provides comprehensive coverage of the theory and practice of counselling... (more)
The Truth Is Longer Than A Lie: Children's Experiences of Abuse and Professional Interventions
All too often child victims of abuse either remain silent or are not listened to when they do decide to speak of their experiences, but "The Truth is Longer Than a Lie" gives abused children and... (more)
Bullies, Bigmouths and So-called Friends
A really effective way to tackle bullying among 9-12s is by helping children raise their self esteem. Most books about bullying tell children how to act without addressing how they feel. But the... (more)
Women Who Sexually Abuse Children
Until recently, the topic of female sexual offenders remained under-researched, and many incorrect assumptions and beliefs still surround the subject. This book is organised in to five parts around... (more)
Does Stress Damage the Brain? Understanding Trauma-Related Disorders from a Mind-Body Perspective
An examination of whether extreme stress might result in lasting damage to the brain. Can what you see, hear, feel and experience actually result in a permanent change in your brain? This provocative... (more)
Displacement, Asylum, Migration
In this volume, based on the 2004 Oxford Amnesty Lectures, major figures in philosophy, political science, law, psychoanalysis, sociology, and literature address the challenges that displacement,... (more)
Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy
Psychological trauma profoundly affects the body, often disrupting normal physical functioning when left unresolved. Trauma and the Body provides a detailed review of research in neuroscience, trauma... (more)
Loss, Trauma and Resilience: Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss
Whether it is a parent in the grip of Alzheimer's or a spouse missing in a disastrous event, we are all touched by ambiguous loss. Here Pauline Boss, the principal theorist of the concept of... (more)
Multisystemic Therapy and Neighbourhood Partnerships: Reducing Adolescent Violence and Substance Abuse
Based on the proven technology of Multisystemic Therapy (MST), this unique book provides an exemplary approach to empowering communities to reduce youth violence and substance abuse and promote... (more)