Presenting an integrative model for treating traumatised children, this book combines play, art, and other expressive therapies with ideas and strategies drawn from cognitive-behavioural and family therapy.

Basic principles in working with abused and traumatized children -- Guidelines for integrated assessment -- Guidelines for integrated treatment -- Expressive therapies -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy -- Family therapy and family play therapy -- Special issues: posttraumatic play, trauma-focused play therapy (TF-PT), and problems of dissociation -- Scotty, the castle, and the princess guard -- Carla's search for her lost mother -- Danger in the backyard -- The witch, the baby, and the bug / Sarah Stoudt Briggs.