ABSTRACT

Trauma-Attachment Tangle offers informative and inspiring clinical stories of children who have complex trauma and attachment issues from experiences such as adoption, hospitalization, or death of a parent. Some of these children display puzzling or extreme symptoms like prolonged tantrums, self-hatred, attacking their parents or being fearful of common things like lights, solid foods or clothing. Dr. Lovett presents strategies for unraveling the traumatic origins of children’s symptoms and gives a variety of tools for treating complex trauma and for promoting attunement and attachment.

part I|138 pages

The Clinical Stories

chapter 1|14 pages

Amy

Violent Behavior in an Adopted Toddler

chapter 2|13 pages

Monica

EMDR and Early Childhood Trauma

chapter 3|6 pages

Danilo

Trauma from Hospitalization

chapter 4|11 pages

Max

Following Unusual Symptoms Back to Their Traumatic Preverbal Origin

chapter 5|13 pages

Aiden

Including Parents in Their Child's Trauma Resolution

chapter 6|20 pages

Charles and Tomas

Angry Boys, Out-of-Sync Parents

chapter 7|12 pages

Zachary

Dealing with the Loss of a Parent

chapter 8|24 pages

Joey

Developmental Disabilities Complicating Trauma Resolution

chapter 9|7 pages

Vivian and Jenny

Sisters' Different Expressions of Trauma

chapter 10|16 pages

Ollie

The Newborn Intensive Care Graduate

part II|28 pages

Cultivating Positive Emotions

chapter 13|16 pages

Additional Therapeutic Options

part III|34 pages

Writing the New Story

chapter 14|32 pages

A Healing Narrative

What? Why? How?

part |5 pages

Conclusion

chapter 15|3 pages

Implications for Health