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Title: Healing from the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Journey for Women
ISBN-10: 0313363218
EAN: 9780313363214
ISBN: 9780313363214
Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 30/08/2004
Description: The traumatic affects of childhood sexual abuse can remain and recur throughout life for women who have not healed emotionally. 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.Sexual abuse by men, juveniles, and female perpetrators is discussed, as is how children may act out the abusive behavior taught by perpetrators. The incidence of abuse by family members is also addressed. Duncan explains the dual dilemma—moral and legal—that women face in exposing a sexual perpetrator within the family when not protected by the legal system due to statutes of limitations. She also discusses controversial topics including false memory and disclosure of memory to the perpetrator.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Author: Karen A. Duncan
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Item Height: 235mm
Item Length: 156mm
Item Weight: 425g
Release Year: 2004

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