This Child of Mine: A Therapist's Journey
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.26 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0967473608 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The resilience of the tiniest human spirits Midwest Book Review Four-year-old Jackson witnessed the attempted murder of his mother. He ran to call the emergency number like the medics at his pre-school had said -- but the phone was dead. He was found in the back yard, clawing the fence, splinters were under his nails. Martha Wakenshaw, a psychotherapist specializing in play and expressive arts therapy with children, took this youngster who told her that "If you really want to kill someone, all you gotta do is punch them in the heart", and helped him to once again become a child who could laugh, play, share, and be at pea. Strong, emotional book Be prepared for some of the most horrific stories of situations that some children live through. Martha Wakenshaw is a professional therapist who has dealt extensively with children from some of the most frightening family situations that you can imagine. As you read this book you will be transported to some of the most horrific situations that a child could live through. Be prepared to cry for the child and for the therapist as she deals with a child welfare system that seems to have very little interest in a child's welfare and insurance companies that thi. "Poetic, Inspiring and Real" according to Tina. Ms. Wakenshaw has given of herself to the children and families as well as to the readers of this book. She does not gloss over details that are traumatic and real nor does she exploit them. This poignant glimpse into the life a therapist working with traumatized children is not easy to read but I believe is essential to anyone considering working with children. Ms. Wakenshaw opens her heart to us as she did to the children, sometimes to her own detriment. You will feel what she felt and see through her eyes as she desperately tries to save fragile little li
In careful, heartrending descriptions, Wakenshaw recounts scenarios like a possibly schizophrenic four-year-old's endless play enactments of saving children in distress, and indicts Washington State's welfare system for simplistic treatment of abuse cases. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Despite some passages about her own recovery from childhood traumas that are tinged with self-indulgence, social workers will find this sad, at times lovely book full of insight. From Publishers Weekly No one will remain unmoved by psychotherapist Martha
The author's career spans a therapy center for pre-schoolers where she is too quickly made Director, a group home for young teenagers never adopted, an elementary school of high-risk children, to her own private practice. There are the children. Using play and expressive arts therapy, Wakenshaw deals with emotionally traumatized children and presents the healing relationship that occurs between therapist and patient on a human, rather than clinical level. This Child of Mine is about the hurt child in us all, and our own journey of personal uncovering.. Wakenshaw shares all the experiences of a child therapist, from struggling with her own feelings about parents only trying to cope, to therapist burnout, to her struggles over referrals to Child Protective Services, to the imposition of i
. Wakenshaw has written a monthly column for Seattle's The Voice, contributed three chapters to Dr. Gil's latest book, Moving Mountains – Using Expressive Arts Therapies with Abused Children, published numerous articles on child care and community needs, is an award-winning poet and mother of three. She has worked as Director of a center for disadvantaged children, and Fami