Healing Child and Family Trauma through Expressive and Play Therapies

Leaning on our ancestral wisdom of healing through play, art, nature, storytelling, body, touch, imagination and mindfulness practice, Janet A. Courtney helps the clinician bring a variety of practices into the therapy room.This book identifies seven stages of therapy that provide a framework for working with client's emotional, cognitive, somatic and sensory experiences to heal from trauma. Through composite case illustrations, practitioners will learn how to safely mitigate a range of trauma content, including:Complicated griefNatural disasterChildren in foster careAggressionToxic divorceTraumatised infants diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndromeYoung mothers recovering from opioid addictionPractice exercises interspersed throughout guide practitioners to personally engage in the creative expressive and play therapy techniques presented in each chapter, augmenting professional self- awareness and skill- building competencies.