The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children

Ana M. Gomez is the director of the AGATE Institute, a leading expert and global speaker on complex trauma and dissociation in youth, and the author of multiple books, therapeutic tools, and training programs. Jillian Hosey, MSW, RSW, LICSW, is a clinical consultant, trainer, and social worker. She is faculty with the ISSTD’s Center for Advanced Studies and the AGATE Institute and is also a fellow of the ISSTD.

1. Setting the Stage: An Introduction to Child Complez Trauma and Dissociation Part 1: Theory, Conceptual Models, and Neurobiology in Children with Complex Trauma and Dissociation 2. Epidemiology of Dissociation in Children 3. The Discrete Behavioral States/States of Being Model 4. Traumatic Attachment: Clinicial Reasoning for Attachment Trauma 5. Affect Regulation, Attachment, and the Developing Social Brain: Implications for Assessment & Treatment of Dissociative Disorders 6. Structural Dissociation: Developmental Pathways and Treatment Implications 7. The Autohypnotic Model of Dissociation 8. Knowledge Isolation, Protective Adaptation, and Long-Term Impacts: Betrayal Trauma Theory's Contribution to Our Understanding of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Childhood 9. Interpersonal Neurobiology 10. Polyvagal Theory and The Autonomic Nervous System 11. The Innate Connection System and Sensory-Affective Orienting: Relevance to Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) Part 2: Symptomatology, Assessment, & Diagnosis in Children with Complex Trauma and Dissociation 12. Symptomatology in Children with Complex Trauma and Dissociation 13. Considerations in Screening, Assesment, and Clinical Interviewing 14. Differential and Co-occuring Diagnoses, Neurodivergence, & the Complexity of Dissociative Features in Children 15. Working Considerations in Building the Road Map to Treatment: Case Conceptualization, Treatment Guidelines, and Treatment Planning 16. Clinical Applications of the Star Theoretical Model Part 3: Treatment Modalities in Child Complex Trauma and Dissociation 17. Trauma-informed child psychoanalytic psychotherapy 18. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy 19. The Attachment Video-Feedback Intervention (AVI): Reducing Dysregulated Parental Behavior, Attachment Disorganization and Dissociation 20. A Multimodal-Integrative Approach to EMDR Therapy 21. Psycho-Sensory Intervention®: An Occupational Therapy Approach 22. A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Perspective on Family Interventions 23. Somatic Experiencing 24. Clinical Neurofeedback 25. Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Not Just for Acute Trauma Anymore! 26. Animal-Assisted Therapy 27. Child-Centered Play Therapy 28. TraumaPlay: An Integrative Play Therapy Model for Children with Complex Trauma 29. Theraplay and Parts Work for Treating Children with Trauma and Dissociation 30. A Synergetic Play Therapy Approach 31. An Integrative and Phase-Oriented Approach to Sandtray Therapy 32. Art Therapy for Developmental Trauma and Dissociation with Children Part 4: Important Considerations in the Treatment of Children with Complex Trauma and Dissociation 33. The Therapeutic Relationship 34. Boundaries and Ethics 35. Sociocultural Determinants, Anti-Oppresive and Culturally Responsive Practices 36. Prenatal Reform: Complex Trauma, Dissociation, and Bonding with the Calming Womb Model 37. Fractured Bonds: Healing Trauma in the Caregiving System 38. Intersecting Timelines: Generational Perspectives 39. Shame and Guilt 40. The Trauma-Formed Defense and Self-Protective System 41. Self-Harm and Suicidality in Children with Complex Trauma and Dissociation 42. Complex Trauma and Dissociation in the Face of Ongoing Stress and Trauma: Child Refugees and Asylum Seekers 43. Listening to the Body Speak: Conversion Issues and Functional Neurological Symptoms 44. Chronic Pain, Medical Issues, and Complicated Clinical Presentations in Children With Complex Trauma and Dissociation 45. "Mind Control" in Ritualistic and Other Extreme and Dissociation-Savvy Abuse 46. Psychiatry and Pharmacology in the Treatment of Children and Youth with Complex Trauma and Dissociation 47. Conclusion