Abandoned
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4408-7796-4 (ISBN)
Parents leave their children for many reasons, including divorce, work, imprisonment, mental health, and domestic violence. While children may appear to understand these reasons, their hearts are often broken; they are traumatized and grieve their parent's absence. Their pain shows itself in a variety of maladaptive behaviors and emotions, such as anxiety, panic attacks, self-injury, low self-efficacy, anger, and excessive or inappropriate online use.
In Abandoned, counseling psychologist Andrea Francis draws on classic and current research to describe the critical roles of mothers and fathers in their child's development. Stories told by children and family members are woven throughout the book to demonstrate the social, emotional, and psychological impact of parental abandonment. The children represent different ethnicities and socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, highlighting that the pain of parental abandonment is felt keenly by all children regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or culture. Francis's theory of "twoness" helps explain how children often cope.
Along with its study of children's trauma, this book offers interventions derived from the author's experience, including multicultural activities that offer hope, resilience, and healing for abandoned children.
Andrea Francis, PhD, is a psychotherapist and former school counselor.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: Mother and Father Roles and Child Development
1. Abandoned
2. Moms and Attachment to Their Children
3. Dads and Attachment to Their Children
4. Child Development and the Importance of Parents
PART II: Why Parents Abandon Their Children
5. Why Moms Leave
6. Why Dads Leave
7. Why Both Parents Leave
8. Parental Abandonment: Traumatic for Children
PART III: Strategies for Healing
9. Twoness Contextualizes How Children Cope
10. What Children Need
11. Grandparents Help to Heal
12. Self-Care for Carers
PART IV: Taking Care of the Children
13. Positive Psychology Interventions for Well-Being
14. Butterfly Stages: Metamorphosis Model of Interventions
PART V: Conclusion: The Circle of Support
15. My Story: Full Circle
Afterword
Notes
Resources
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | Practical and Applied Psychology |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4408-7796-3 / 1440877963 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4408-7796-4 / 9781440877964 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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