Finding Sunshine After the Storm is a workbook for children who have experienced sexual abuse includes forty activities drawn from play therapy that kids can do to learn to manage anger, establish safe boundaries, identify adults they can trust, and build their self-esteem.
As mental health professionals working at a child advocacy center (CAC), both authors have experienced and researched issues that impact each professional field, which makes up the multidisciplinary team (MDT). These fields primarily include mental health professionals of children, school counselors and school social workers, forensic interviewers, child and family advocates, sexual assault nurse examiners, CAC administrators, Child Protective Service investigators, law enforcement investigators, prosecutors and other attorneys, and judges. Even mental health professionals of children who never intended to specialize in the CAC world will inevitably be working with numerous clients with a trauma and abuse history. Therefore, it is best if all mental health professionals of children become more aware of the CAC world, of the workings of MDTs and of a greater understanding of systems, and of implicit bias that influence thinking, recommendations, and professional behavior with cases of child abuse.
This workbook was written for children who have been sexually abused. It is designed to be used as an ajunct to therapy, giving children extra help in developing the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive skills they need to see the good things in their lives and to understand their complex feelings"--Publisher's insert.
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