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Innovative Therapeutic Life Story Work
Richard Rose | Deborah D. Gray | Goedele A.M. De Clerck | Rebecca Wild | Kathy Crouch | Paula Price | Shoko Tokunaga | Joan Moore | Natalia O’Keefe | Anna-Elizabeth Mattiuzzo | Melissa Stokes | Margarida Marques | Maria Barros | Marni Otway | Jodie Park | Anna Fasolo | Sebastian LaSpina | Del Aulich | Elise Saunders | Soula Kontomichalos | Nadine Jay | Amanda Jones | Kendra Morris-Jacobson
(2017)
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Abstract
Life story work is an approach designed to enable traumatized children to explore, question and understand the past events of their lives. It aims to secure their future by strengthening attachment with their carers and providing the opportunity to develop a healthy sense of self and a feeling of wellbeing.
This new edited volume documents innovative ways in which life story work has been developed. It draws on the work of nine life story centres based around the world and provides understanding and guidance for those working with children who have experienced trauma. The book illustrates current theory and practice and looks at how the approach is being used in a variety of settings including schools, intensive services, youth justice, and post-adoption support, highlighting its versatility. The importance of trauma-informed practice when working with vulnerable children is emphasised throughout, to help practitioners provide the best for the children in their care.
My initial hope - that I would be able to learn from this book about how life story work is best used - has definitely been fulfilled. But, in addition to that, where young people have not had the opportunity to write their life stories, in a way that is meaningful to them, I can now confidently help them to work through this process and gain deeper insight. I would recommend this book to anyone working with young people who may have experienced some form of trauma and now seek to understand this more fully.
Trisha Packer, counsellor and supervisor
BACP - Children, Young people & families
I recommend this comprehensive study as essential reading for practitioners across the world working with children who have experienced adverse childhood experiences and very commonly experience feelings of self-blame and shame. Readers will discover a richness of experience and resources to assist them, understand and develop their practice to help children.'Explore the past, secure the present and allow for growth in the future'. (P 25)
Catherine Mullin, Independent Social Worker
Seen and Heard
Innovative therapeutic life story work explores a highly creative way of working, safely, compassionately and effectively with the most painful aspects of children's life stories. It is a must for any child professional wanting to help traumatised children make sense of their lives, and see the connection between what has happened to them in the past and how they experience themselves and others now.
Through moving case material and a wealth of practical ideas, practitioners from all over the world, convey the child's sheer relief at having at last found their voice and established a coherent narrative for their lives.
Dr Margot Sunderland Director of Education and Training, The Centre for Child Mental Health London
This latest book by Richard Rose and colleagues reflects the essence of therapeutic life story work, whereby the worker holds out one hand to the child and the other hand to the carer and says to the child 'show us your world.' Something very special happens when a child takes your hand in trust when crossing the road and this is a tough road to cross. In this book, Richard and colleagues show us the world of therapeutic life story work and what it looks, feels and sounds like, so we too can help children make this journey of discovery.
Annette Jackson - Regional Director Berry Street Gippsland, Australia (Adj Assoc Professor La Trobe University)
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Therapeutic Life Story Work: Developing Trauma-Informed Practice for Working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults. Edited by Richard Rose | 3 | ||
| Prologue | 14 | ||
| Foreword by Deborah Gray | 11 | ||
| Part 1. Introducing Therapeutic Life Story Work Theory and Practice | 19 | ||
| Chapter 1. Introducing the Therapeutic Life Story Model: All of Us Share Something in Common – We are All a Collection of Stories by Richard Rose, Child Trauma Intervention Services | 20 | ||
| Chapter 2. The Vital Process of Recovery by Richard Rose, Child Trauma Intervention Services | 30 | ||
| Chapter 3. Communicating with Children – Therapeutic Life Story Work Techniques by Richard Rose, Child Trauma Intervention Services | 52 | ||
| Chapter 4. The Complexity of the Life Story Practitioner’s Role by Nadine Jay, Play Therapist | 92 | ||
| Part 2. Therapeutic Life Story Work in Diverse Contexts | 103 | ||
| Chapter 5. Kaitiakitanga: Safeguarding the Memories of Foster Children’s Experiences Through the Use of Therapeutic Life Story Work by Marni Otway, social worker, Aotearoa, New Zealand | 104 | ||
| Chapter 6. A Dramatic and Narrative Approach to Life Story Therapy, Facilitating Attachment in Adoption by Joan Moore, freelance drama therapist, play\r\ntherapist and adoption support provider | 117 | ||
| Chapter 7. Therapeutic Life Story Work With Looked-After Children in Japan by Shoko Tokunaga PhD, Research Fellow at the Nipon Foundation,\r\nChild Welfare Team, Social Innovation Program Division | 135 | ||
| Chapter 8. \nWondering From The Womb \nTherapeutic Life Story Work in an Early Years Service \nKathy Crouch, Lead Practitioner, Mallee District Aboriginal \nService Early Years Service, Mildura, Victoria, Australia | 147 | ||
| Chapter 9. \nTherapeutic Life Story Work: \nA Multimodal Therapy for Children with Complex Needs by \nRebecca Wild, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist,\r\nEvolve Therapeutic Services | 157 | ||
| Chapter 10. Seeing My Journey With New Eyes: Therapeutic Life Story Work With Deaf People by Goedele A.M. De Clerck, University of Manchester | 174 | ||
| Part 3. Implementing Therapeutic Life Story Work | 189 | ||
| Chapter 11. Dispelling the Karma by Soula Kontomichalos-Eyre, Elise Saunders, Del Aulich, Sebastian LaSpina and Anna Fasolo, Melbourne (Inner Eastern\r\nMelbourne) Department of Health and Human Services | 190 | ||
| Chapter 12. The Implementation of Therapeutic Life Story Work by Dr Jodie Park, private practitioner, Illawarra,\r\nNew South Wales, Australia | 203 | ||
| Chapter 13. Life Story Therapy in a School Setting by Paula Price, Therapist and Learning Mentor, St Patrick’s\r\nCatholic Primary School, Liverpool, UK. | 223 | ||
| Chapter 14. Spin Project – A Southern Approach to TLSW – Portugal by Professor Maria Barros and Margarida Marques | 255 | ||
| Chapter 15. Project Logic – Providing Services and Support for the Provision of Therapeutic Life Story Work by Amanda Jones, Senior Manager, Evaluation, Policy\r\nand Research, Berry Street, Melbourne, Australia | 267 | ||
| Chapter 16. Learning to Understand – Life Story Work at Metro Intensive Support Services in New South Wales by Melissa Stokes, Anna-Elizabeth Mattiuzzo and Natalia O’Keefe | 287 | ||
| Part 4. Wrapping Up the Story | 309 | ||
| Chapter 17. Spreading the Practice of Therapeutic Life Story Work: We Are All Stories in the End by Kendra Morris-Jacobson, MA, Director of Oregon Programs | 310 | ||
| Epilogue | 319 | ||
| Information About Contributors | 321 | ||
| Subject Index | 323 | ||
| Author Index | 327 |