Recollections of sexual abuse
Subtitle: treatment principles and guidelines
By: Christine A. Courtois.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: Adult child sexual abuse victims.; Recovered memory.; False memory syndrome.; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- therapy.; Child Abuse, Sexual -- therapy.; Repression.; Memory.; Psychotherapy -- methods.; Psychotherapy -- standards.
Description: This Book has a two-fold purpose: (1) to provide the practicing clinician with information about the controversy surrounding delayed/repressed memory of sexual abuse and (2) to provide treatment principles and guidelines for working with these issues.

Drawing together material from many sources, this book provides state-of-the-art principles and guidelines for treatment when memories of past abuse are at issue. Especially useful is Courtois's application of the treatment decision model to a range of clinical scenarios, from continuous, corroborated memory of abuse to suspicions of abuse based on symptomatology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-411) and index.
"A Norton professional book."