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Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments
Foreword by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.
PART I. UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA1. "Why Am I Afraid of the Sound of Carrots Crunching?"
2. How I Began Using EMDR with Children
PART II. SMALL WONDERS: THE CASES3. Who's Afraid of a Toilet?: Critical-Incident Trauma
4. "I Get Real Nervous": A Car Accident
5. "I Have to Get Them Out!": Head Lice
6. "What If? What If?": Converging Stresses
7. "Wasitz?": Cascades of Trauma
8. "I'll Love You Forever": Unresolved Grieving
9. Never-Ending Love Is Round: Complex, Unresolved Grieving
10. "I Can't Swallow It": Not Simply a Critical Incident
11. "I Can't Move": Somatic Symptoms
12. Too Scared to Think: Test-Taking Anxiety
13. "We Did Something Wrong": Secret Coercion, Sexual Mistreatment
14. Monsters Come Out at Night: Sleep Disorders
Afterword
APPENDIX 1. Questions Frequently Asked About EMDR
APPENDIX 2. For Parents: What to Expect When Your Child Does EMDR
APPENDIX 3. Guidelines for Writing a Story for Your Child
APPENDIX 4. Guidelines for Clinicians: Using Storytelling and EMDR to Treat Young Children for Critical-Incident Trauma
APPENDIX 5. EMDR Resources
References
Bibliography
Index
