INTRO -
In this short book review episode, I…
Am going to give you my thoughts on and tell you whether or not I recommend the book - Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes by Peter Levine and Maggir Kline.
My name is Justin Sunseri.
I’m a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist that thinks the world needs a new paradigm for mental health.
Welcome to Stuck Not Broken.
TOPIC - TRAUMA THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES by Levine and Kline
Do I recommend it?
Overall, definitely.
What it covers, a sampling:
Understanding nervous system and trauma brief overview
He covers this a lot, so nice that it’s brief
Various ways that children can get traumatized
Hospitals and doctor visits
Through falls and normal play
Also sexual abuse, divorce
Very comprehensive
Trauma First Aid
Acting out and acting in
Gang behavior and ‘the rage of the unparented’
Cultural trauma
...and much more
Who it’s for:
Anyone looking to understand trauma, especially when applied to children
Those looking for how to directly intervene in a potentially traumatized child
Any profession dealing with kiddos imo
Parents definitely
Schools definitely
Adults looking to get a better understanding of themselves, because we were all once children
Pieces will fall into place for you
What I like:
Great reference
Huge book
450+ pages
Lots of explicit ideas
For multiple ages
For multiple environments and populations
Parents
Teachers
Medical staff
Therapists, school counselors and school psychologists
Culturally appropriate
For trauma first aid in the immediate aftermath of something
A nasty fall
Something severe like a natural disaster
Good balance of technique and learning
I prefer the theory stuff
Great resource, and its advanced, but it’s also an intro of sorts
Doesn’t teach the fundamentals to implementing and self-regulation
Too large a scope
Do some self-regulation work along with this, like BSA
What I didn’t like
Real situations seem far too easy
But they’re done by masters of SE
Might be unrealistic for you at first and that’s okay
Very very long
I wanted it to end
Too many interventions for me
Listening in chunks helps, esp along with other things that are more light-hearted
Audio book is not the ideal way to go about this
So long - 16 hours?
So slow - i listened to on 1.5x
No way to use as a reference
If you’re needing something and want to pull from a segment, impossible to find
Great breadth it goes into in theory and application
Like “In an Unspoken Voice”
But some of it is lacking depth
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National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1 (800) 273-8255
National Domestic Violence Hotline -1 (800) 799-7233
LGBT Trevor Project Lifeline - 1 (866) 488-7386
National Sexual Assault Hotline - 1 (800) 656-4673
Crisis Text Line - Text “HOME” to 741741
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