Robbie Adler-Tapia - EMDR and the Art of Psychotherapy with Children: Infants to Adolescents

EMDR and the Art of Psychotherapy With Children

Robbie Adler-Tapia, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who has worked with children and families for 30 years. Her work has been at the cutting edge of treating trauma in young children as she has worked as a psychologist, educator, consultant, researcher, and writer. She has extensive experience in child welfare, in the forensic arena, and working with first responders and public safety. Dr. Adler-Tapia is coauthor of EMDR and the Art of Psychotherapy With Children: Infants to Adolescents, and author of Child Psychotherapy, Integrating Developmental Theory Into Clinical Practice. She has authored several invited chapters on treating trauma in children in the child welfare system, and trauma treatment for children who have experienced sexual abuse. Dr. Adler-Tapia presents internationally on the treatment of trauma in children including using EMDR therapy for attachment and dissociation. She has taught graduate level course work at the university level and supervised interns. Her volunteer work includes promoting EMDR therapy for the poorest and most vulnerable clients including working internationally to train therapists working with the child welfare system and children orphaned by AIDS. She also volunteers with PISTLE (Post Incident Stress and Trauma in Law Enforcement) promoting EMDR therapy for public safety professionals.

Carolyn Settle, MSW, LCSW, is a clinical social worker who has worked with children, adolescents, and adults for 38 years. She is a psychotherapist, consultant, educator, author, and researcher in private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her areas of specialty are counseling children and adults who have experienced trauma, depression, anxiety, phobias, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and giftedness issues. Ms. Settle is an EMDRIA-approved consultant, an EMDR Institute Facilitator, and an EMDR Trauma Recovery Humanitarian Assistant Program trainer. She coauthored EMDR and the Art of Psychotherapy With Children: Infants to Adolescents and has coauthored several chapters and journal articles on EMDR therapy with children. Ms. Settle presents in the United States and internationally on using EMDR therapy with children and adults who have experienced trauma and/or dissociation. She has also trained therapists in the United States and internationally to use EMDR therapy with children including child therapists in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina; in India; and in Newtown, Connecticut after the elementary school shooting.

Infants to Adolescents

Second Edition

Robbie Adler-Tapia, PhD

Carolyn Settle, MSW, LCSW

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Names: Adler-Tapia, Robbie, author. | Settle, Carolyn, author.

Title: EMDR and the art of psychotherapy with children/infants to adolescents / Robbie Adler-Tapia and Carolyn Settle.

Other titles: EMDR and the art of psychotherapy with children

Description: 2nd edition. | New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2017] | Preceded by EMDR and the art of psychotherapy with children / Robbie Adler-Tapia and Carolyn Settle. c2008. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016020145| ISBN 9780826138019 | ISBN 9780826138026 (e-book)

Subjects: | MESH: Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessingmethods | Psychotherapymethods | Child | Adolescent | Infant | Professional-Patient Relations | Psychotherapeutic Processes

Classification: LCC RJ505.E9 | NLM WS 350.6 | DDC 618.92/8914dc23

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This book is dedicated to our husbands

Hugo Tapia and Ron Smith

and our children

Michael, Max, and Maura Tapia

and

Alex Smith and Sara OKane

Our greatest joys, blessings, and accomplishments!

Contents

by Robbie Dunton

Foreword

In this second edition of EMDR and the Art of Psychotherapy With Children: Infants to Adolescents, the authors have expanded their comprehensive 2008 book to include information on infants and adolescents. Interwoven throughout the second edition are instructions and scripts that focus on developmentally appropriate language for these age groups. In addition, a new chapter specific to the use of EMDR therapy with very young children (infants, toddlers, and preschoolers) and a second chapter devoted to using the EMDR Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) theory with preteens and adolescents.

Many child therapists do therapeutic work with school age children, especially those who are referred by pediatricians, teachers, or school counselors; however, young children below the ages of 4 to 5 years who exhibit inappropriate behaviors and dysregulation often are not identified until they reach school age. Due to the developmental range of young children, many preschool teachers and parents make the assumption that a child will grow out of his or her behavioral problems, such as acting out or overly aggressive behavior, extreme social withdrawal, and so on. However, the need for early intervention with very young children who have experienced trauma is critical in an effort to assist caregivers with support and provide a knowledge base of how to recognize symptoms of traumatization, neglect, abuse, and attachment issues.