Posted by Mark Wheeler I attended a SAP (Society of Analytical Psychologists) meeting last year addressing the impact of early abuse on developing brains and one of the speakers there was adamant that those of us who work with children who have been abused should also work with perpretators. I have only done this with one individual & found the countertransference so overwhelming that it became the principal topic in supervision for the duration of the contact. Although Jenny Murphy's book appears to concentrate on art therapy most of the chapters are universally applicable to many modalities andthe last 3 chapters discuss group-work. The book is published by Brunner-Routledge who are the main publishers for academic work in the therapy field in the UK. Keep up the good work
on 10/30/2004, 4:43 am, in reply to "Re: Using Phototherapy in a group format to help children heal from abuse and trauma"
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Hello again Craig,
I was very moved by what you posted and reread it several times. In the background of this work is always that dreadful sense of the terrible things that some adults do to children, but we are so priviledged to have the opportunity to make a difference. I find one of my responses is to lose my liberal sensibilities and join the "hanging's too good for 'em" mentality.
Murphy, J (2001)Lost for Words: Art Therapy with Young Survivors of Sexual Abuse
simultaneously published in USA & Canada by Taylor & Francis Group, 325 Chestnut Street, 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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Mark