Stephen Prior holds doctorates in both philosophy and psychology. After receiving his degree in psychology, he worked extensively with seriously disturbed children. Currently he is in private practice with adults and children in the greater Boston area.
Object Relations in Severe Trauma provides the unusual amalgamation
of solid scholarship, sound theoretical development, and detailed
case examples of treatment of the seriously disturbed and
traumatized child. Drawing from both his psychotherapeutic
treatment of seriously disturbed boys who suffered multiple forms
of neglect and abuse and from the work of Fairbain, Berliner, and
Ekstein, Prior delineates an object relational theory of the
consequences of the sexual traumatization of children that has
implications for therapy. Students and practitioners will benefit
from the illustrations of the psychological response to trauma in
terms of the repetition of abusive patterns of relationship,
identification with the aggressor, self-blame, and the seeking of
object contact through sexuality or violence. This is probably one
of the most valuable books for clinicians who provide therapy to
sexually abused children from multi-problem families.
*Judith L. Allpert*
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