Intellectual Disability, Trauma and Psychotherapy

ISBN-13: 9780415421676 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 240 str.

Tamsin Cottis

Opis

People with intellectual disabilities have emotional and mental health needs just like anyone else. Until recently however there has been little research of effective psychological treatment or direct, accessible psychotherapy provision for this client group.

Intellectual Disability, Trauma and Psychotherapy focuses on the delivery of psychotherapy services for those with intellectual disabilities. Leading professionals in this specialist field are brought together to describe the history, theory and practice of their work in twelve focused chapters that draw on the work of psychotherapists including Bion, Winnicott, Sinason and Alvarez. Topics covered include:

• therapeutic responses to cultural and religious diversity
• support for parents with intellectual disabilities
• developing healthy and secure attachments within the family
• dealing with intense feelings of shame
• helping clients to cope with traumatic sexual experiences.

 

Drawing on over a decade of pioneering practitioner experience at Respond – a government-funded psychotherapy service for people with learning disabilities based in central London – this book explores the practical issues in providing therapy to this client group, whether individually, in families, in groups, or by the use of telephone counselling. It closes with a chapter exploring the way forward for those who wish to develop services of this kind.

Spis treści

Alvarez, Foreword. Cottis, Introduction. O’Driscoll, Psychotherapy and Intellectual Disability: A Historical View. Upton, When Words Are Not Enough: Creative Therapeutic Approaches. Corbett, Words as a Second Language: The Psychotherapeutic Challenge of Severe Intellectual Disability. Lloyd, Speaking Through the Skin: The Significance of Shame. Cottis, Love Hurts: The Emotional Impact of Intellectual Disability and Sexual Abuse on a Family. Curen, ‘Can They See in the Door?’: Issues in the Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders Who Have Intellectual Disabilities. Cottis, Neill, Going on Down the Line: Working with Parents Who Have Intellectual Disabilities. Haque, Differences, Differences, Differences: Working with Ethnic, Cultural and Religious Diversity. Blackman, Therapy for Life and Death: A Focus on the Respond Elders Project. Arthur, McNeil, Small, In One Ear: The Practice and Process of Telephone Counselling. Cottis, O’Driscoll, Outside In: The Effects of Trauma on Organisations. Cottis, Life Support or Intensive Care?: Endings and Outcomes in Psychotherapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Glossary.