Overcoming Childhood Sexual Trauma: A Guide to Breaking Through the Wall of Fear for Practitioners and Survivors

ISBN-13: 9780789029805 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 331 str.

Sheri Oz; Sarah-Jane Ogiers

Opis

This work explores the subjective experiences of both client and therapist as they together travel the path to recovery. Therapists get a clear illustration of the therapy process while CSA survivors are offered a gauge with which to judge their own progress toward recovery.

Spis treści

• Foreword (Christine A. Courtois)
  
• Preface
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• PART I: LIVING WITH THE TRAUMA
  
• Chapter 1. Why Is Childhood Sexual Abuse So Traumatic? (Sheri Oz)
  
• Defining CSA
  
• Power and Exploitation
  
• The Child’s Experience of the Abuse Event
  
• Chapter 2. Trapped in the World of Trauma (Sheri Oz and Sarah-Jane Ogiers)
  
• Control
  
• Growing Up a Survivor
  
• Into Adulthood
  
• Chapter 3. Intimate Relationships and the World of Trauma (Sheri Oz)
  
• The CSA Survivor in an Intimate Relationship
  
• Couples Relationships
  
• Changes in the Relationship During the CSA Survivor’s Therapy
  
• Sexuality
  
• Modifying the Couples Contract
  
• PART II: THE JOURNEY
  
• Chapter 4. Choosing a Therapist: A Client’s Perspective (Sarah-Jane Ogiers)
  
• The Basics
  
• Knowing a Poor Fit
  
• The Ideal Therapist
  
• Coda
  
• Chapter 5. Stages of Therapy: Breaking Through the Wall of Fear (Sheri Oz and Sarah-Jane Ogiers)
  
• The Map of the Therapeutic Process
  
• Starting the Journey
  
• The Wall of Fear
  
• Continuing the Journey
  
• Chapter 6. Closure: Coming to Peace with the Past (Sheri Oz and Sarah-Jane Ogiers)
  
• Confrontations
  
• Revenge Fantasies
  
• Forgiveness
  
• Justice
  
• Reconciliation
  
• Forgiveness Again
  
• Closure
  
• Chapter 7. How I Get Through Therapy in One Piece (Sarah-Jane Ogiers)
  
• Support Network
  
• Coping Alone
  
• Epilogue
  
• PART III: COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY
  
• Chapter 8. Children of Survivors: Growing up in the Shadow of Trauma (Sheri Oz)
  
• What the Research Says
  
• Should I Tell My Children I Was Abused?
  
• The Voices of the Children
  
• A Final Word to Survivor Parents
  
• Chapter 9. Being a Therapist: Notes on Working with CSA Survivors (Sheri Oz)
  
• Starting Out
  
• What the Literature Says About Being a CSA Therapist
  
• My Own Experiences as a CSA Therapist
  
• Boundary Issues in the Literature
  
• Personal experience with Boundary Dilemmas
  
• Special Challenges in Clinical Work
  
• Concluding Words
  
• A Final Thought
  
• Appendix A: Beginning Therapy (Sheri Oz)
  
• Before-and-After Drawing
  
• Two-Photo Collage
  
• Timing of the Exercises
  
• Appendix B: Interview Questions
  
• The Questionnaire
  
• Glossary
  
• References
  
• Index
  

O autorze

Sheri Oz, Sarah-Jane Ogiers