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In Working With Children Who Have Experienced Neglect or Abuse, Dr. Wes Crenshaw demonstrates his approach to working with children who have been neglected or sexually or physically abused. Because most offenders in cases of abuse or neglect are within the child's family, this approach by necessity treats the entire family system, and the goal of therapy is to recontextualize the act of injustice, in both the offender's and the victim's minds. In this session, Dr. Crenshaw works with three sons who were neglected and abused by their mother, who is addicted to drugs. Dr. Crenshaw listens to the painful experiences of this family and then helps the boys and their father to place the mother's behavior within the broader context of their lives.
The main goal of this therapy is to recontextualize the past acts of abuse, in both the offender's and the victim's minds. This involves reassociating the events so that they are no longer central in the mind of the victim and so that they are understood as wrong in the mind of the offender.
Wes Crenshaw received his PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Kansas. He has worked with abused children and their families both in and out of the child protective system for 11 years and has consulted for a number of years with mental health and social service agencies on related topics. Dr. Crenshaw and his wife have three children, including one who came to them originally as a foster placement. A popular therapist with adolescents and their families as well as an author and speaker, Dr. Crenshaw is well-known as an advocate for the best interest of children.
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