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Download full textKlorer, P. Gussie – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2005
Recent developments in neuroscience provide important information for therapists working with maltreated children. Severe maltreatment and lack of significant attachment figures in the crucial early years lead to adverse brain development (De Bellis, 2001). It appears evident that traumatic memories are stored in the right hemisphere, making…
Descriptors: Therapy, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Child Abuse, Brain
