From victims to survivors
Subtitle: reclaimed voices of women sexually abused in childhood by females
By: Juliann Mitchell, Jill Morse.
Contributors: Morse, Jill.
Publisher: Accelerated Development
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Adult child sexual abuse victims -- United States -- Case studies.; Sexually abused children -- United States -- Case studies.; Abused women -- United States -- Case studies.; Women child molesters -- United States.
Description: This is a unique, research-based resource for professionals treating women who were sexually abused by female perpetrators, mainly mothers and grandmothers.

The book first focuses on the female perpetrator, defines the treatments that have proven successful, and provides an overview of the available literature. Then the authors share results from communication with 85 adult women survivors, whose journals, poems, and artwork are collated with the healing methods the women themselves find to be either helpful or counterproductive.

The authors outline intentions and procedures for verbal and nonverbal treatment methods such as art, poetry, and writing that prove effective in practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288) and index.