Overview

Childhood can be an exciting time, full of joyous exploration, new skills, friends, and imaginative play. It can also be very frightening, especially when children have experiences that threaten their feelings of safety and well-being. Even common traumatic childhood events can deeply affect children's normal healthy development, their self-esteem, and their families. Many behavioral problems stemming from common traumatic events could require years of psychotherapy or medication. That is, they did -- until the advent of EMDR. Developed by psychologist Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s, EMDR had already helped thousands of adult clients when Joan Lovett experienced its healing power firsthand. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a comprehensive therapeutic approach that helps patients release disturbing thoughts and emotions that originate in traumatic experiences. Experiences can be traumatic in the commonly accepted sense -- abuse, disasters, violence -- but children may also perceive and respond to more ordinary events as very threatening. A playground accident, the loss of a loved one, school problems, or choking on a piece of popcorn can be a part of growing up. They can also be critical incidents that cause a child to view him- or herself as helpless or powerless, to become fearful, and to develop debilitating behavioral problems. In Small Wonders: Healing Childhood Trauma with EMDR, Joan Lovett, M.D., shares engaging clinical stories -- mysteries involving children who present her with puzzling and disturbing behaviors. She imaginatively focuses her knowledge of pediatrics, play therapy, and EMDR to alleviate the real-life ordeals of real-life children. Featuring a foreword by Francine Shapiro, Small Wonders is the most comprehensive and insightful book to explore the potential of EMDR for child therapy. This enlightening book is intended for parents who are concerned with having their children feel confident, for adults who want insights into the way the events of their childhood shaped their self-image, and for professionals who want to know more about EMDR and how it can be adapted to meet the special needs of traumatized children.

Full Product Details

Author:   Joan Lovett ,  Francine Shapiro ,  Francine Shapiro
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
Imprint:   The Free Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.315kg
ISBN:  

9781416584636

ISBN 10:   1416584633
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   26 October 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. PART I. UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA 1. Why Am I Afraid of the Sound of Carrots Crunching? 2. How I Began Using EMDR with Children PART II. SMALL WONDERS: THE CASES 3. Who's Afraid of a Toilet?: Critical-Incident Trauma 4. I Get Real Nervous : A Car Accident 5. I Have to Get Them Out! : Head Lice 6. What If? What If? : Converging Stresses 7. Wasitz? : Cascades of Trauma 8. I'll Love You Forever : Unresolved Grieving 9. Never-Ending Love Is Round: Complex, Unresolved Grieving 10. I Can't Swallow It : Not Simply a Critical Incident 11. I Can't Move : Somatic Symptoms 12. Too Scared to Think: Test-Taking Anxiety 13. We Did Something Wrong : Secret Coercion, Sexual Mistreatment 14. Monsters Come Out at Night: Sleep Disorders Afterword APPENDIX 1. Questions Frequently Asked About EMDR APPENDIX 2. For Parents: What to Expect When Your Child Does EMDR APPENDIX 3. Guidelines for Writing a Story for Your Child APPENDIX 4. Guidelines for Clinicians: Using Storytelling and EMDR to Treat Young Children for Critical-Incident Trauma APPENDIX 5. EMDR Resources References Bibliography Index

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Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.Harvard Medical School, author of Worry, coauthor of Driven to Distraction With a compassionate heart and a Sherlock Holmes approach to unlocking the mysteries of the mind, Joan Lovett engages us in tales of childhood trauma. She will captivate parents and professionals alike. Meg ZweibackAssociate Clinical Professor UC San Francisco School of Nursing Small Wonders can help parents to see the difference between a child who is temporarily upset by a difficult experience and one who is suffering in a way that calls out for help. Dr. Lovett explains how parents and professionals can help traumatized children through EMDR, a new approach that is radical but effective. Her clear, compassionate explanations will open the possibility of this therapy to many more families. Laurel Parnell, Ph.D.author of Transforming Trauma: EMDR and EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children Small Wonders touched me deeply with Dr. Lovett's heartwarming stories of creatively using EMDR to heal traumatized children. As well as being an important contribution to the field of child psychology, this intelligent book is a must-read for parents, therapists, physicians, teachers, and anyone who works with children. Laurel Parnell, Ph.D. author of Transforming Trauma: EMDR and EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children Small Wonders touched me deeply with Dr. Lovett's heartwarming stories of creatively using EMDR to heal traumatized children. As well as being an important contribution to the field of child psychology, this intelligent book is a must-read for parents, therapists, physicians, teachers, and anyone who works with children. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. Harvard Medical School, author of Worry, coauthor of Driven to Distraction With a compassionate heart and a Sherlock Holmes approach to unlocking the mysteries of the mind, Joan Lovett engages us in tales of childhood trauma. She will captivate parents and professionals alike. Phyllis Klaus, C.S.W., M.F.T., and Marshall Klaus, M.D. coauthors of Your Beautiful Newborn and Bonding Dr. Lovett has integrated a powerful and innovative therapeutic method (EMDR) into child therapy to help free children from traumatic and highly stressful events. This book is a must-read for child therapists and psychiatrists, pediatricians, and parents interested in these issues. Meg Zweiback Associate Clinical Professor UC San Francisco School of Nursing Small Wonders can help parents to see the difference between a child who is temporarily upset by a difficult experience and one who is suffering in a way that calls out for help. Dr. Lovett explains how parents and professionals can help traumatized children through EMDR, a new approach that is radical but effective. Her clear, compassionate explanations will open the possibility of this therapy to many more families.

Meg Zweiback Associate Clinical Professor UC San Francisco School of Nursing Small Wonders can help parents to see the difference between a child who is temporarily upset by a difficult experience and one who is suffering in a way that calls out for help. Dr. Lovett explains how parents and professionals can help traumatized children through EMDR, a new approach that is radical but effective. Her clear, compassionate explanations will open the possibility of this therapy to many more families.

Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.Harvard Medical School, author of Worry, coauthor of Driven to Distraction With a compassionate heart and a Sherlock Holmes approach to unlocking the mysteries of the mind, Joan Lovett engages us in tales of childhood trauma. She will captivate parents and professionals alike. Laurel Parnell, Ph.D.author of Transforming Trauma: EMDR and EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children Small Wonders touched me deeply with Dr. Lovett's heartwarming stories of creatively using EMDR to heal traumatized children. As well as being an important contribution to the field of child psychology, this intelligent book is a must-read for parents, therapists, physicians, teachers, and anyone who works with children. Meg ZweibackAssociate Clinical Professor UC San Francisco School of Nursing Small Wonders can help parents to see the difference between a child who is temporarily upset by a difficult experience and one who is suffering in a way that calls out for help. Dr. Lovett explains how parents and professionals can help traumatized children through EMDR, a new approach that is radical but effective. Her clear, compassionate explanations will open the possibility of this therapy to many more families. Laurel Parnell, Ph.D. author of Transforming Trauma: EMDR and EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children Small Wonders touched me deeply with Dr. Lovett's heartwarming stories of creatively using EMDR to heal traumatized children. As well as being an important contribution to the field of child psychology, this intelligent book is a must-read for parents, therapists, physicians, teachers, and anyone who works with children. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. Harvard Medical School, author of Worry, coauthor of Driven to Distraction With a compassionate heart and a Sherlock Holmes approach to unlocking the mysteries of the mind, Joan Lovett engages us in tales of childhood trauma. She will captivate parents and professionals alike. Phyllis Klaus, C.S.W., M.F.T., and Marshall Klaus, M.D. coauthors of Your Beautiful Newborn and Bonding Dr. Lovett has integrated a powerful and innovative therapeutic method (EMDR) into child therapy to help free children from traumatic and highly stressful events. This book is a must-read for child therapists and psychiatrists, pediatricians, and parents interested in these issues. Meg Zweiback Associate Clinical Professor UC San Francisco School of Nursing Small Wonders can help parents to see the difference between a child who is temporarily upset by a difficult experience and one who is suffering in a way that calls out for help. Dr. Lovett explains how parents and professionals can help traumatized children through EMDR, a new approach that is radical but effective. Her clear, compassionate explanations will open the possibility of this therapy to many more families.

Meg ZweibackAssociate Clinical Professor UC San Francisco School of Nursing Small Wonders can help parents to see the difference between a child who is temporarily upset by a difficult experience and one who is suffering in a way that calls out for help. Dr. Lovett explains how parents and professionals can help traumatized children through EMDR, a new approach that is radical but effective. Her clear, compassionate explanations will open the possibility of this therapy to many more families.

Author Information

Joan Lovett, M.D., is a behavioral pediatrician in private practice in the San Francisco Bay area. A graduate of Wellesley College and the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Dr. Lovett trained in pediatrics at Montreal Children's Hospital/McGill University and Stanford University School of Medicine. She is an EMDR Institute Facilitator and has served as a Chair of the EMDR Medical Committee.

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