1st Edition
Therapeutically Engaging Young Survivors of Violence, Exploitation, Abuse, and Neglect A Critical Social Work Approach
Part 1: Exploring the Knowledge Landscape 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical Scaffolding: “Giving them a little bit of trauma” 3 The Construction of Childhood Across Time and Geography: Being Babied 4 Exploring the Positioning of Children and Young People in the Child Protection Field: “Doing it for attention” 5 An Exploration of Therapeutic Intervention: “Don’t trauma bomb us” Part 2: Exploring the Practice Landscape 6 An Exploration of the Ethical Framework when Connecting to Young Survivors of Violence, Exploitation, Abuse, and Neglect: ‘You can’t fucking scare me, bitch’ 7 Leaving a Big Impact: Exploring how the Participants Felt They were Perceived and How they Perceived Professionals and the Helping Relationship 8 Exploring How the Participants Perceived the Nature of Therapeutic Help: “Give a shit or quit” 9 Bringing Together the Findings into a Conceptual Framework: Sorting Ourselves Out 10 Considerations for Practice: “Love
