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A Trauma-Informed Approach to Childhood Maltreatment: Foundational Theory, Treatment, and Prevention of Complex PTSD and Moral Injury

Author(s) : Cher McGillivray

Reviews and Endorsements

'Dr Cher is before her time. Her experience, intelligence, training, foresight and instinctive responses to issues facing children is reflected in these pages. It is a must read for anyone, in any role, professional or otherwise, who wants, or needs, to understand these issues clearly and accurately. It is a magnetic read, once you start, you can’t stop. I am so proud to have made a small contribution to this exceptionally written book.'
Hetty Johnston, AM, GAICD, Co-Chair of the National Office of Child Safety Advisory Group

'The experience of guilt, shame, anger and contempt after encounters with human violence, abuse and cruelty is devastating – military veterans know this all too well. Cher McGillivray here brings the insights from moral injury (MI) into the context of parents of abused children, who are in obvious positions of moral responsibility and thus may experience the same devastating emotions. MI involves a breach in our sense of safety, but also cries out for justice in unjust situations and points to the need for systemic change. There are few studies and resources that address the full dimensionality of MI, and what is remarkable about this book it’s the way in which McGillivray does not simply stop at the experience of the child or parent as ‘patient,’ but situates the experience of MI within the systems in which it occurs and addresses the muti-faceted nature of violence and abuse without shrinking from the need to discuss institutional failures and accountability. Providing resources for necessary change, presenting scenarios in which we can envision different and more just systems and vital explorations of pathways back from the existential threat of self-blame, this is book is timely, necessary, and life-saving.'
Brian S. Powers, Executive Director, International Centre for Moral Injury