Working with Children to Heal Interpersonal Trauma: The Power of Play

My final evidence that this volume is a treasure trove that repays patient inquiry relates to the term rhizomatic analysis, which I first encountered in the foreword.The concept of rhizome as a mode of knowledge and rhizomatic analysis as a research strategy derives from the challenge to linear, binary, essentialist and dualist strategies presented by Deleuze and Guattari in 1987.Knowledge is viewed as broad, inclusive and dynamic.Their model provides an apt description of the text.It may also explain why the paradigm the book embraces is such a challenge to conventionally trained professionals, whether they are psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, teachers, social workers or educators.