Patterns of Child Abuse: How Dysfunctional Transactions are Replicated in Individuals, Families, and the Child Welfare System

Patterns of Child Abuse: How Dysfunctional Transactions are Replicated in Individuals, Families, and the Child Welfare System
ISBN-10
0789015889
ISBN-13
9780789015884
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
247
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Michael Karson

Description

Explains how child abuse affects the victims and their families, and provides information on how to comfort an abused child who cannot bear to be touched, why abused children idealize their battering or neglectful parent, how borderline personality organization affects individuals and their families, and how family patterns operate in a therapeutic context.

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