Healing from the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Subtitle: The Journey for Women
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: August 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780275980849
Subjects: Violence in society; Abuse - General; Social Work; Social Science / Social Work; Social Science; Adult child sexual abuse victi; Adult child sexual abuse victims; Child sexual abuse; Counseling of; Psychological aspects; Sociology
First sentence: The start of my clinical practice in 1983 coincided with the increase in society's awareness that the trauma of sexual abuse was occurring to children.
Description: "This book by a family therapist shares stories from 18 women abused as children, explaining that healing can occur at any stage of life, and that healing, itself, occurs in stages. The author offers guidance to recognize the long-lingering potential affects of childhood sexual abuse including depression, anxiety, dissociation, and chronic shock, and she explains steps to take for recovery. Also presented are letters from women who have healed or are in recovery."--BOOK JACKET.