Treating Chronically Traumatized Children

Treating Chronically Traumatized Children: The Sleeping Dog Method describes a structured method to overcome resistance and enable children to engage in trauma-focused therapy and safely 'wake the sleeping dogs' of childhood trauma.

Arianne Struik is a clinical psychologist, family therapist and EMDR consultant, director of The Institute for Chronically Traumatized Children (ICTC) in Australia. She provides specialized trauma treatment and teaches internationally on the treatment of trauma and dissociation in children. She is a member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation

Preface Introduction Chapter 1. What is the impact of traumatization in children? Chapter 2. Why children become avoidant and resistant? Chapter 3. What is needed to overcome resistance? Chapter 4. The Sleeping Dogs method Chapter 5. Psychoeducation to increase motivation Chapter 6. Interventions to overcome barrier 1: Safety Chapter 7. Interventions to overcome barrier 2: Daily Life Chapter 8. Interventions to overcome barrier 3: Attachment Chapter 9. Interventions to overcome barrier 4: Emotion Regulation Chapter 10. Interventions to overcome barrier 5: Cognitive Shift Chapter 11. The Motivation and Nutshell Check Chapter 12. Trauma Processing and Integration Chapter 13. Children in out of home care Chapter 14. Specific target groups Chapter 15. Planning and the treatment process