Integrative Child Therapy

Child traumatherapy: Its role in managing the effects of trauma, loss, damaged attachment, and dissociation in children exposed to lethal urban community violence

“…Child traumatherapy dissociation-mending techniques are conceptualized within a multisystems model which focuses on individual, family, community, and societal dynamics and resources. Since the violence-traumatized child and adolescent are engaged in natural progressive growth and change in which there is a continuous interknitting of dynamic, developmental, raciocultural, cognitive, affective, behavioral, and interpersonal factors, a multisystemicintegrative approach to intervention appears to be essential (Coonerty, 1993;FitzPatrick, 1993;Parson, 1994aParson, , 1995a. While much has been written on the phenomenon of lethal violence and physical injury, less has been reported on children's psychological responses to either single-episode (Parson, 1995a;Pynoos, et al, 1987) or multiple-chronic experiences Parson, 1994a), and approaches to meaningful intervention.…”

Integrative psychotherapy for children and adolescents: A practice-oriented literature review.

“…Indeed, an integrative approach to psychotherapy may often be a necessity due to the unique demands of working with children and adolescents (Coonerty, 1993). Child and adolescent cognitive styles and self-concepts are still developing, so interventions must be tailored to match these emerging abilities.…”