Dear CaFTR colleagues

I thought some people might be interested in this (below) - the latest issue of the (free) online journal, Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy - the journal dedicated to systematic, empirical case studies.

The latest issue discusses two child cases with history of trauma, treated using Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) - go to: http://jrul.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/pcsp to read the full case reports.

Best wishes,

Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Fishman [mailto:dfishman@rutgers.edu]
Sent: 14 November 2014 18:49
To: Nicholas Midgley
Subject: [PCSP] New PCSP Case Studies on Treating Children Suffering From Trauma & DD

PRAGMATIC CASE STUDIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY (PCSP) http://pcsp.libraries.rutgers.edu

 ***a peer-reviewed, multi-theoretical, freely available e-journal of systematic case studies & case study method articles***

FROM: Dan Fishman, Editor (dfish96198@aol.com) --

RE: NEW PCSP ISSUE ON TREATING "JAMES" AND "JUAN," LATINO BOYS FROM DIFFERENT POOR FAMILIES WITH HISTORIES OF TRAUMA AND PRESENT DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY

        How do mental health professionals help children and their families who are simultaneously suffering from multiple stresses, such as from medical, physical, and psychological trauma, mental disorder, poverty, and minority status? This issue of PCSP provides one answer to this question by focusing on the demanding cases of two young Latino boys, each from a different family.

        "James" is a 14-month-old with difficulties in attachment to his parents in the context of a history of medical trauma (heart surgery and stroke).  His parents, who live below the poverty line, are undocumented Latino/a immigrants, and his mother has a history of diabetes and of physical and sexual abuse.

        "Juan" is a 6-year-old Latino boy, diagnosed since 2 with autism, who has had historical exposure to domestic violence and a history of physical and emotional abuse. Juan is being raised by his father and paternal aunt. The collective experience of these two adults, along with Juan's biological mother, include substance abuse, domestic violence, exposure to war, and a history of depression.

        To meet the difficulties posed by James and Juan and their families, the therapist (Eliza Harley, the first author of the case studies) employed Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). This is an evidence-supported approach based on an integration of attachment-focused, developmental, cognitive-behavioral, social learning, and systems-oriented theories.

        As stated by Alicia Lieberman, one of the developers of CPP and one of the commentators on the case studies, the primary goal of CPP is "to enhance the capacity of the child and primary caregiver(s) to create and maintain a growth-promoting partnership in the context of the other relationships in their lives."

        The cases of James and Juan illustrate in detail some of the ways in which this goal plays out in the lives of the challenged families seen by CPP practitioners. The commentary on the case studies and the authors'
responses to the commentary elaborate on the many issues and principles embodied in the two cases.

PCSP Vol 10, No. 3 (2014). Table of Contents

Trauma Treatment in Young Children with Developmental Disabilities:
Applications of the Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Model to the Cases of "James" and "Juan," pp. 156-195
          *** Eliza Harley, Marian Williams, Irina Zamora, & Patricia Lakatos

Clinical Considerations for Conducting Child-Parent Psychotherapy with Young Children with Developmental Disabilities Who Have Experienced Trauma, pp.
196-211
         *** Chandra Ghosh Ippen, Carmen Noroña, & Alicia F. Lieberman

Child-Parent Psychotherapy in the Context of the Developmental Disability and Medical Service Systems, pp. 212-226
         *** Marian Williams, Melissa Carson, Irina ________________________________________________________________________
Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy
http://jrul.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/pcsp