TRAUMA AND GRIEF

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective for Treating Trauma Symptoms in Children and Teens
• New Picture and Activity Book Helps Children Feel Better After a Traumatic Experience by Jill Osborne
• Daylong Camp Helps Kids Struggling with Grief by Paula Miser
• The Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Psychological Harm from Traumatic Events Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review
• Psychotherapeutic and Adjunctive Pharmacologic Approaches to Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Carolina D. Nisenoff, MD
• How Fear and Loss Affect Children by Jodi Merrill
• Play Therapy Helps Children Grieve
• Healing Broken Hearts: A Theoretical Analysis Of Interventions For Child Refugees Diagnosed With War-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Jennifer M. Kerner, from www.jennifermkerner.blogspot.com
• Sand Tray Play with Traumatized Children: A Comparison Study by Carolyn Cunningham, Kimberly Fill, and Lorraine Al-Jamie
• Adjustment following War, Natural Disaster, and Crisis by Joseph Wehrman, PhD
• Dissociation in Children by Marilyn Snow, PhD, LPC, RPT-S & Ruan Boshoff, BPsych (HONS)
• Interpersonal Trauma by Charles Edwin Myers, LPC-S, LMHC, NCC, NCSC, RPT-S
• Domestic Violence by Karen Little, LPC
• Working with Children of Military Families by Joseph Wehrman, Ph.D., LPC
• Bereavement in Children by Helen E. Benedict, PhD, RPT-S
• Sexual Abuse Literature & Considerations for Play Therapists by Sueann Kenney-Noziska, LISW, RPT-S
• A Dose of Care by Helen Epstein, New York Times
• Through Play, Kids and Families Cope with Cancer by Brittany Moya del Pino

• Police, Therapists Aim to Help Traumatized Kids by Ryan Seals, Greensboro News & Record

• Understanding Child Trauma by Suzanna Pillay, New Straits Times

• Helping Children Draw Out Their Traumas by Cathy Malchiodi, Psychology Today

• Resilience Matters in Traumatized Children’s Lives—and Sensory Activities Make the Difference by Cathy Malchiodi, Psychology Today

• CDC Study Raises More Questions than Answers about Common Trauma Interventions for Children by Cathy Malchiodi, Psychology Today

• For Iraq’s war-scarred children, a struggle to heal the wounds within by Damiano Beltrami, The Jordan Times

• A Camp for Children Affected by Violence by Kristin E. Holmes, The Philadelphia Inquirer

• Eighty Years Later, Family Counseling Still Helps by Sara Busse (Charleston, WV)

• CDC Study on Common Trauma Interventions for Children by Cathy Malchiodi, Psychology Today

• The Use of Sandtray in Trauma Counseling: An Evolving Role by Jane Webber, Ph.D. and J. Barry Mascari (pdf)

• A Child's Terror and Play: Play Therapy for Children Suffering from PTSD Due to Natural Disasters (pdf)

• Play Therapy for Child Survivors by Elmer Kristian Dauigoy (Phillipines)

• The Treatment of Child Abuse: Play Therapy with a 4-year-old Child by Peter A. In, MD and John F. McDermott, Jr., MD (pdf)

• Managing Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue by Heather M. Helm, PhD, LPC, RPT-S

• The Resolution Scrapbook as an Aid in the Treatment of Traumatized Children by Liana B. Lowenstein

• Teen writes book about managing grief by Sharon Lem, Toronto Sun

• Sand Play Therapy with U.S. Soldiers Diagnosed With PTSD and Their Families by Poppy K. Moon

• Sandplay Therapy with Traumatic Brain Injured Adults: An Exploratory Qualitative Study by Lorraine Razzi Freedle

• Exploring Sandplay Therapy: Application to Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury by Cynthia Plotts, Jon Lasser, and Steven Prater

• Haiti’s Plas Timoun offers play therapy to young quake victims by Edward Cody, Washington Post

• In Pictures: Play therapy sessions in Pakistan camps

• From Children’s Grief, Signs of Growth by Sue Shellenbarger, Wall Street Journal

• Real Lives: Healing deep emotional wounds with play therapy

• Art Therapy Helps Children Cope with Tragedy (CBS New York)

• Post-disaster roles for psychologists by Rise Van Fleet, PhD, and Claudio Mochi, RP (The National Psychologist)

• Sandwich Caregiver Radio Show Interviews Grief Counselor Brenda Brown on Surviving Grief (Ohio)

• The grieving process is different for children by Terri Yannetti (Connecticut)

• ‘Is Reyes a hero,’ kids ask noted psychologist by Elizabeth Lolarga, Philippine Daily Inquirer

• The kids (and parents) will be all right by Christoph Mark, The Daily Yomiuri

• Mexico’s orphans are casualties of drug wars (Ciudad Juarez, Mexico)

• When Play Matters Most by Nicholas Drake

• Common ground to stand on COMMON GROUND A LIFELINE by Dan Radel (Manasquan, NJ)

• Workshops help nursery school teachers learn how to cope with quake orphans (Japan)

• Helping Kids Cope with Loss by Denise Ray

• Continuing to heal 10 years after 9/11 by Linda Castor

• Parents urged to talk with kids about fires by Rene A. Guzman (San Antonio, TX)

• Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Trauma by Caelan Kuban

• The Obstacles and Benefits of Play Therapy for Child and Parent

• Shared Grief: A camp for kids who’ve lost someone offers surprising lessons by Jeff McAbee (Colorado)

• Working with Children to Heal Interpersonal Trauma: The Power of Play edited by Eliana Gil (book review)

• Art project combines war, therapy – and toys by Asieh Namdar, CNN

• Children in Oxfordshire helped by play therapy (BBC)

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