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

Author(s) : Cher McGillivray

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

Book Details

  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Published : 2026
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 304
  • Category :
    Forthcoming
  • Category 2 :
    Child and Adolescent Studies
  • Catalogue No : 98648
  • ISBN 13 : 9781041015703
  • ISBN 10 : 1041015704

Table of Contents

Introduction
Cher McGillivray

Part I - Trauma

1. Childhood Maltreatment: Identifying, Responding, and Breaking the Cycle
Cher McGillivray

2. From Invisible to Visible: Intimate Partner Violence as Collective Responsibility
Gaelle Brotto

3. Operationalizing Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Trauma-Informed Care
Cher McGillivray

Part II - Moral Injury

4. Moral Injury Theories in Child Maltreatment
Cher McGillivray

5. Post-traumatic Cognitions of Moral Injury as Predictors of PTSD
Cher McGillivray

6. Moral Injury within Helping Professionals and Clinicians Working with CSA
Susan Rowe

Part III - Trauma and the Brain, Body, and Self-Connection

7. The Brain, Window of Tolerance, and Structural Disassociation
Cher McGillivray, Kelly Humphries

Part IV - Trauma Assessment and Intervention

8. Integrating Trauma-Informed, Developmental, and Behavioral Approaches in Case Formulation for Young Children with Disruptive Behavior in the Context of Adverse Experiences
Shawna Campbell

9. Trauma Informed Assessment of Childhood Maltreatment
Cher McGillivray

10. Trauma Treatments
Cher McGillivray

11. EFT for Children
Peta Stapleton, Elise Stapleton

12. Accelerated Resolution Thearaoy (ART): An Emerging Trauma Therapy
Loretta Morgan

13. EMDR Therapy for Child Maltreatment and Adverse Childhood Experiences
Madeleine Graham

PART V Recovery Beyond Trauma

14. Developing Treatment to Promote Healing and Foster Posttraumatic Growth
Cher McGillivray

15. Trauma Recovery
Sharelle Smith

PART VI - Child maltreatment Prevention Recommendations

16. Envisioning Integration and Action: Embedding Trauma-Informed Responsiveness Across Systems
Kelly Humphries

17. From Silence to Influence: Lived Experience at the Heart of Child Sexual Abuse Responses
Carol Ronken

18. Understanding and Acknowledging the Difference between Disability and Trauma
Emma Gierschick Oam

19. Child Abuse, Parental Alienation, and Child-Friendly Justice: A Comparative Perspective
Cher McGillivray

20. Model Design for Policy and Safety: From Evidence to Architecture
Sian Daniel

21. Leading Change: How Organizations Can Truly Safeguard Vulnerable People
Hetty Johnston, Cher McGillivray

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