Treating complex trauma in adolescents: A phase-based, integrative approach for play therapists
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2014
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International Journal of Play Therapy
Abstract
Understanding the unique effects of complex trauma on adolescents, as well as
identifying effective mental health treatment protocols, are critical for trauma-informed
play therapists to practice competently. Recently in the literature, phase-based
treatment has been one such protocol applied successfully to adolescents who experienced
complex trauma (Cohen, Mannarino, & Deblinger, 2006). Furthermore,
play-based approaches (integrating complex-trauma concepts, play, and empirically
designed treatment protocols) have been asserted as a potentially beneficial paradigm
(Drewes, 2011; Green, 2012). Therefore, the authors of this article present an original
model— one that is integrative, play-based, and delineated in 3 phases—while remaining
sensitive to the most current clinical implications in the trauma treatment
outcome literature.
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complex trauma, phase-based approach, play therapy, adolescents
Citation
Green, E. J., & Myrick, A. C. (2014). Treating complex trauma in adolescents: A phase-based, integrative approach for play therapists. International Journal of Play Therapy, 23(3), 131.