Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents

Sandra Wieland, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, certified play therapist, and consultant in Victoria, Canada. She was the founding director of the Center for Treatment of Sexual Abuse and Childhood Trauma in Ottawa and has also worked as an adjunct clinical professor at the University of Ottawa.

Foreword Kluft Introduction Wieland 1. Dissociation in Children and Adolescents: What it is, How it Presents, and How to Understand it Wieland 2. Dalma (4 to 7 Years Old)--"I've Got All My Sisters with Me": Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder in a Sexually Abused Young Child Baita 3. Jason (7 Years Old)--Expressing Past Neglect and Abuse: Two-Week Intensive Therapy for an Adopted Child with Dissociation Potgieter Marks 4. Ryan (8 to 10 Years Old)--Connecting with the Body: Treatment of Somatoform Dissociation (Encopresis and Multiple Physical Complaints) in a Young Boy Waters 5. Joey (11 to 12 Years Old)--Moving Out of Dissociative Protection: Treatment of a Boy with Dissociative Disorder Not Elsewhere Classified Following Early Family Trauma Wieland 6. Angela (14 to 16 Years Old)--Finding Words for Pain: Treatment of a Dissociative Teen Presenting with Medical Trauma Silberg 7. Leroy (7 Years Old)--"It Is Almost like He Is Two Children": Working with a Dissociative Child in a School Setting Yehuda 8. Conclusion: Fragmentation to Integration Wieland Index