Small Wonders: Healing Childhood Trauma With EMDR [Hardcover]

Joan Lovett (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 068484446X | ISBN-13: 978-0684844466 | Publication Date: March 10, 1999

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a comprehensive therapeutic approach that helps patients release disturbing thoughts and emotions that originate in traumatic experiences. In Small Wonders: Healing Childhood Trauma with EMDR, Joan Lovett, M.D., shares engaging clinical stories-mysteries involving children who present her with puzzling and disturbing behaviors. She imaginatively focuses her knowledge of pediatrics, play therapy, and EMDR to alleviate the real-life ordeals of real-life children. This book is intended for parents who are concerned with having their children feel confident, for adults who want insights into the way the events of their childhood shaped their self-image, and for professionals who want to know more about EMDR and how it can be adapted to meet the special needs of traumatized children.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Laurel Parnell, Ph.D.

author of "Transforming Trauma: EMDR" and "EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children"

"Small Wonders" touched me deeply with Dr. Lovett's heartwarming stories of creatively using EMDR to heal traumatized children. As well as being an important contribution to the field of child psychology, this intelligent book is a must-read for parents, therapists, physicians, teachers, and anyone who works with children.

About the Author

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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Free Press (March 10, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068484446X
• ISBN-13: 978-0684844466
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,203,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent case history guide to EMDR with children, March 12, 1999

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[e-mail] (Maryland,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Small Wonders: Healing Childhood Trauma With EMDR (Hardcover)

Dr. Lovett, the clinical detective (behavioral pediatrician) writes poignant analyses of her work with childhood traumas great and small, in which she applies the bilateral stimulation techniques of EMDR. Her writing style is easy to read, and demonstrates the relative rapidity of trauma resolution when EMDR is properly interwoven into more traditional therapy. Her book is a valuable guide for clinicians skilled in the EMDR technique, as well as informative for parents considering such treatment for their child. As an EMDR therapist who teaches workshops on treating children, I highly recommend this engaging volume. Frances Klaff Ph.D.

31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing stories of recovery from trauma!, March 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Small Wonders: Healing Childhood Trauma With EMDR (Hardcover)

This is a well-written book about a pediatrician's experience with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprogramming) as a healing tool for people suffering from the results of traumatic incidents. It would appeal to laymen as well as professionals. The intriguing stories are like little mysteries, which unravel in a hopeful way. The author experienced a serious car accident and was finally helped to overcome some puzzling symptoms with EMDR. She got training in the technique and began using it (with great success) in her practice. This book is alive with vignettes of children with problems that no one has been able to fix, but who have responded to EMDR. This compelling book would appeal to anyone interested in a short term method of overcoming limiting behaviors.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for your Treatment Bookshelf, August 15, 2008

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Nikolas Adamsson "Lacanian psychoanalyst" (Stockton, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Small Wonders: Healing Childhood Trauma With EMDR (Hardcover)

If you treat children who have suffered significant painful experiences, this book guides though the EMDR protocol for children. EMDR works and this book helps you make it more effective.