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10th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS and 15th
NATIONAL of CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

MONASTERIO SAN MARTÍN PINARIO
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (SPAIN)
16-19 NOVEMBER, 2017 
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 		Tanya Lecchi
Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Counselling, The University of Northampton
REINO UNIDO
1 English
Tanya Lecchi is a clinical psychologist, cognitive-constructivist psychotherapist and senior lecturer at the University of Northampton. As a clinician, she has extensive experience in working in different care settings and in multicultural frameworks, dealing with clients suffering from a wide range of mental health problems. Her research is primarily focused on mindfulness-based interventions, especially in case of childhood abuse and neglect. She is currently working on several research projects, investigating dissociative symptoms, the impact of the therapist’s mindfulness practice on the therapeutic relationship and early interventions for psychosis. As a mindfulness teacher, Tanya has worked in educational and clinical contexts, introducing mindfulness practices at school and in psychotherapy.

INVITED SYMPOSIUM ABSTRACT
Child maltreatment and domestic violence: Therapeutic approaches and interventions
Domestic violence has been described as a pattern of coercive behaviours (physical, verbal, sexual, emotional, psychological and/or financial) carried out by a former or current intimate partner, aimed at gaining or maintaining control in the relationship. Child maltreatment has been defined as a pathogenic relational experience representing one of the most adverse and stressful challenges that children have to face. Its developmental consequences could be severe and long lasting, with effects that are costly on many levels. Longitudinal studies show that child maltreatment increases the risk of mental health problems downstream, in particular depression, anxiety, substance abuse, delinquency and crime, and future abuse perpetration. Domestic violence and child maltreatment constitute highly severe hazards to children’s adaptive and healthy development, therefore several therapeutic interventions have been developed to address these issues. The symposium explores some new research findings, underlining potentialities and pitfalls of different therapeutic approaches.