Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors: Living Past Neglect

by Lori Bennett

Overview

Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors: Living Past Neglect by Lori Bennett examines the aftereffects of emotional neglect in order to help clinicians to better serve survivors. Bennett makes an important contribution by expanding upon the definition of neglect to include emotional neglect while fostering a more profound understanding of the impact of childhood neglect upon adult survivors. The book compiles former clients’ stories of recovery in order to illustrate and explore effective therapy and treatment techniques that will aid in the training of the clinicians who serve survivors of neglect.

How do young adults climb out of their histories of neglect? How can they hope to feel loved if they never experienced the love they needed in their families of origin? How do they combat the damage to trust? How do they learn to stop the self-blame over circumstances, to move beyond the past, and to embrace a new future? These questions are answered in Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765708922
Publisher:	Aronson, Jason Inc.
Publication date:	04/26/2012
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lori M. Bennett, LCSW is a psychotherapist and social worker in Boulder, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part One: Listening for Neglect
Chapter 1: “But Nothing Happened!”: Redefining Childhood Neglect
Chapter 2: PTSD Revisited
Chapter 3: Magical Thinking: Finding Power in Helplessness
Chapter 4: Weight Matters: Using Food for Comfort
Chapter 5: Gone Too Soon: When Death Leads to Neglect
Chapter 6: At Home with Incest: The Paved Road from Neglect to Abuse
Chapter 7: The Broken Promise of Love: Addicted Parents and Neglect
Chapter 8: Adoption and Neglect
Part Two: Working with Neglect
Chapter 9: “It Wasn’t That Bad!”: Working with Defensive Structure
Chapter 10: The Integration of Deprivation: Intrusive Thoughts and
Hypervigilance
Chapter 11: Working with the Introject
Chapter 12: Neglect in the News
Chapter 13: Grief and its Relationship to Neglect and Abuse
Chapter 14: Understanding Developmental Theory in Relation to Neglect
Chapter 15: Developing Object Constancy in Adults
Part Three: Overcoming the Neglect Scenario
Chapter 16: Working Through Transference in Relationships
Chapter 17: Working Through Countertransference Issues
Chapter 18: Correction by Projection
Chapter 19: Therapeutic Tools for Working with Adult Survivors of Neglect
Chapter 20: The Therapeutic Environment
Chapter 21: For Therapists with Neglect Histories
Notes
Resources
Bibliography
Index

What People are Saying About This

Karyl McBride

It is common to internalize how we were parented and parent ourselves respectively. A neglectful background brings repetition in neglect of self. The feeling of being invisible with unmet needs that are also undefined brings forth a calling for Bennett’s work and excellent grasp of the dynamics and devastating effects of childhood neglect. Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors is a must read for clinicians who work with trauma and for clients who seek and deserve validation. Lori Bennett’s work restores faith in trauma resolution. Neglect bears neglect unless recognized and treated.

Cinta Porter

Survivors of neglect, therapists, clinical supervisors, teachers, and students will find Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors to be an important addition to their comprehension of this little-studied, yet crucial psychodynamic issue. Lori Bennett’s book will enhance the ability of therapists and clients to gain insight and understanding of the impact that this subtle, insidious epidemic of neglect has had in their lives. The powerful stories presented here will help all of us “learn to stop the self blame over circumstances, to move past the past, and embrace a new future.”

Jasmin Lee Cori

This sensitive portrayal of childhood neglect will be valuable to therapists, especially those who have not been trained in insight-oriented or dynamic psychotherapies. It shows how neglect, in addition to its own long-term impacts, sets the stage for active victimization of children. An experienced clinician, Bennett offers guidance for working compassionately with both neglect and abuse survivors.

Editorial Reviews

It is common to internalize how we were parented and parent ourselves respectively. A neglectful background brings repetition in neglect of self. The feeling of being invisible with unmet needs that are also undefined brings forth a calling for Bennett’s work and excellent grasp of the dynamics and devastating effects of childhood neglect. Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors is a must read for clinicians who work with trauma and for clients who seek and deserve validation. Lori Bennett’s work restores faith in trauma resolution. Neglect bears neglect unless recognized and treated.

Karyl McBride

Survivors of neglect, therapists, clinical supervisors, teachers, and students will find Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors to be an important addition to their comprehension of this little-studied, yet crucial psychodynamic issue. Lori Bennett’s book will enhance the ability of therapists and clients to gain insight and understanding of the impact that this subtle, insidious epidemic of neglect has had in their lives. The powerful stories presented here will help all of us “learn to stop the self blame over circumstances, to move past the past, and embrace a new future.”

Cinta Porter

This sensitive portrayal of childhood neglect will be valuable to therapists, especially those who have not been trained in insight-oriented or dynamic psychotherapies. It shows how neglect, in addition to its own long-term impacts, sets the stage for active victimization of children. An experienced clinician, Bennett offers guidance for working compassionately with both neglect and abuse survivors.

Jasmin Lee Cori