A guide to assessing the abused and traumatized child that emphasizes the importance of projective measures in delineating the impact of maltreatment on psychological systems and structures.

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Young Children and the Experience of Trauma and Abuse. The Representational World of the Young Child: The Role of the Four Psychologies. Object Relations Development in Abused and Traumatized Children: Theoretical and Clinical Considerations. Part II: The Psychological Representation of Abuse and Trauma. Object Representation Assessment of Children: TAT and Rorschach Research in Relation to the Abused and Traumatized Child. Object Representation Scales. Old Wine in New Bottles--The Borderline Child Revisited: Contemporary Perspectives on Diagnosis and Assessment. Three Faces of Abuse and Trauma: The Sequelae of Physical, Sexual, and Complex, Chronic Experiences of Maltreatment. The Abused and Traumatized Child: Changes in Object Relations and Ego Functions--The Influence and Impact of Therapeutic and Mutative Experiences. Object Representations of Abusive and Maltreating Parents: A Tale of Two Women. Concluding Remarks.