ABSTRACT

This book provides a comprehensive overview of research into dissociation in children and adolescents and challenges conventional ideas about complex behaviours.

Offering a new perspective to those who are unfamiliar with dissociation in children, and challenging prevalent assumptions for those who are experienced in the field, the editors encourage the professional to ask questions about the child’s internal experiences beyond a diagnosis of the external symptoms. Chapters bring together a range of international experts working in the field, and interweave theories, practice, and challenging and complex case material, as well as identifying mistakes that therapists can avoid while working with children who dissociate.

Filled with practical tools and examples, this book is a vital resource for professionals to enrich their practice with children who dissociate.

chapter Chapter 1|3 pages

Attachment and dissociation

chapter Chapter 2|17 pages

Infant attachment and dissociative psychopathology

An approach based on the evolutionary theory of multiple motivational systems

chapter Chapter 6|25 pages

The Star Theoretical Model

An integrative model for assessing and treating childhood dissociation

chapter Chapter 7|18 pages

The power of care

The healing that comes from teaching non-offending parents how to regulate their child after physical and sexual abuse

chapter Chapter 9|16 pages

Genesis of a dissociative child

Kayleigh's story – how ‘I’ became ‘us’

chapter Chapter 10|13 pages

The Inside-Outside Technique

Exploring dissociation and fostering self-reflection

chapter Chapter 11|12 pages

Severe and unusual self-harm in DID

Motive, means and opportunity

chapter Chapter 12|18 pages

I didn't know where you were

In the play space of treatment with a young dissociative boy

chapter Chapter 13|15 pages

A journey of discovery

chapter Chapter 15|13 pages

Covid-19 – the challenge, the solution and the unknown

Treating dissociative children online