Opening the door
Subtitle: a treatment model for therapy with male survivors of sexual abuse
By: Adrienne Crowder ; clinical consultant, Rob Hawkings.
Contributors: Hawkings, Rob.
Publisher: Brunner/Mazel
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Mental health.; Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Counseling of.; Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Rehabilitation.; Male sexual abuse victims -- Mental health.; Male sexual abuse victims -- Counseling of.; Male sexual abuse victims -- Rehabilitation.; Child sexual abuse -- Treatment.
Description: The first book available to comprehensively address the treatment of sexually abused males, Opening the Door: A Treatment Model for Therapy with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse is based on current research and the carefully evolved techniques of 41 therapists who have developed expertise in working with male survivors of sexual abuse. It discusses the approaches that these therapists bring to their work and presents interventions they have successfully applied in treatment.

Written in clear, concise language, Opening the Door features a four-phase treatment model and presents, in detail, the therapeutic tasks necessary for each phase. This model makes clear the significant parallels and distinctions between the processes of therapy and abuse. These processes are discussed throughout the text to ensure that therapy will be a healing, rather than a harmful, experience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.