Counselling survivors of childhood sexual abuse

• Main Author: Draucker, Claire Burke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Sage Publications 2000
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: Counselling in practice
• Subjects: Child Abuse, Sexual > rehabilitation; Psychotherapy > methods; Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Repression, Psychology; Survivors > psychology
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• Physical Description: 167 pages 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [148]-158) and index
• ISBN: 9780761965800; 0761965807

This book will be found valuable by all therapists and counsellors, not just those who have a special interest in childhood sexual abuse. Many will want to follow up the well-selected references the author gives. The detailed index will also help one to browse and read selectively' - Sexual and Relationship Therapy. The experience of childhood sexual abuse is a trauma that continues to have an impact on survivors throughout their lives. The Second Edition of this accessible, practical guide - fully updated and with a new chapter on the false memory debate - will enable counsellors to become adept at addressing the unique and complex needs of survivors. Claire Burke Draucker identifies the significant healing processes - such as disclosing the abuse, reinterpreting it from an adult perspective, addressing issues related to the context of the abuse and making desired life changes - which are vital to achieve recovery. Each of these processes is discussed in conjunction with the most effective counselling interventions to facilitate resolution, and illustrated through the use of carefully-chosen case examples