Small Wonders Healing Childhood Trauma With EMDR

Joan Lovett, M.D.,is a behavioral pediatrician in private practice in the San Francisco Bay area. A graduate of Wellesley College and the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Dr. Lovett trained in pediatrics at Montreal Children's Hospital/McGill University and Stanford University School of Medicine. She is an EMDR Institute Facilitator and has served as a Chair of the EMDR Medical Committee.

Joan Lovett, M.D., is a behavioral pediatrician in private practice in the San Francisco Bay area. A graduate of Wellesley College and the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Dr. Lovett trained in pediatrics at Montreal Children's Hospital/McGill University and Stanford University School of Medicine. She is an EMDR Institute Facilitator and has served as a Chair of the EMDR Medical Committee.

Contents AcknowledgmentsForeword 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 ChildrenPART II. SMALL WONDERS: THE CASES3. Who's Afraid of a Toilet?: Critical-Incident Trauma4. "I Get Real Nervous": A Car Accident5. "I Have to Get Them Out!": Head Lice6. "What If? What If?": Converging Stresses7. "Wasitz?": Cascades of Trauma8. "I'll Love You Forever": Unresolved Grieving9. Never-Ending Love Is Round: Complex, Unresolved Grieving10. "I Can't Swallow It": Not Simply a Critical Incident11. "I Can't Move": Somatic Symptoms12. Too Scared to Think: Test-Taking Anxiety13. "We Did Something Wrong": Secret Coercion, Sexual Mistreatment14. Monsters Come Out at Night: Sleep DisordersAfterwordAPPENDIX 1. Questions Frequently Asked About EMDRAPPENDIX 2. For Parents: What to Expect When Your Child Does EMDRAPPENDIX 3. Guidelines for Writing a Story for Your ChildAPPENDIX 4. Guidelines for Clinicians: Using Storytelling and EMDR to Treat Young Children for Critical-Incident TraumaAPPENDIX 5. EMDR ResourcesReferencesBibliographyIndex