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abuse survivor empowerment
advanced sexual abuse therapy strategies
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Author_Cheryl Bell-Gadsby
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clinical psychotherapy techniques
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Ericksonian Perspective
False Memory
False Memory Syndrome
guided
Guided Imagery
healing
Ideomotor Signalling
imagery
Informational Substances
Jennifer Freyd
metaphorical
metaphorical healing stories
Metaphorical Meditation
Metaphorical Story
mind
NCE
Past Sexual Abuse
process
psychological trauma interventions
Self-care Plan
Sexual Abuse Survivors
Sexual Abuse Therapist
solution-focused counseling
sound
Special Doll
sun
Tai Chi
Teddy Bear
Therapeutic Circle
Therapeutic Trance
therapist burnout prevention
Trance Experience
unconscious
warmth
Product details
- ISBN 9781138883734
- Weight: 530g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 29 Mar 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Women who have survived sexual abuse are among the most traumatized individuals who seek therapy. Assisting such clients to reframe transcend their abusive pasts requires enormous sensitivity and therapeutic skill. Reclaiming Herstory: Ericksonian Solution-Focused Therapy for Sexual Abuse will greatly help therapists hone their craft with its solution-focused, Ericksonian approach and highly refined techniques for working with this population. The approach the authors present has evolved through work with hundreds of sexual abuse survivors. The authors have found their techniques to be remarkably effective in helping these clients to regain a sense of freedom and empowerment in their lives. The authors view the healing process as a collaborative partnership in which the therapist co-creates with the client a positive context for healing. This process comprises four distinct stages through which every client must pass in order to achieve their own unique potential. The book clearly describes the primary symptoms and features of the four stages, which are: Breaking the silence and unmasking the secret Becoming visible Reclaiming and reintegration of the self Empowerment and the evolution of the sexual self It also presents, for each stage, a series of detailed metaphorical stories, exercises, and rituals designed to assist a client who is traversing a particular stage. Numerous suggestions, lists, questions, and vivid case studies help the therapist to identify and assess the individual needs of a particular client and then pinpoint those tools that will best facilitate the healing process at a given stage. Recognizing the severe toll that work with sexually abused clients can take on the therapist, Reclaiming Herstory also provides strategies for self-care that can be used during various stages of therapeutic practice. The volume also provides a timely and important discussion of the controversial false memory backlash and its impact on the survivor and implications for the therapist.
Cheryl Bell-Gadsby, M.A., M.F.C.C., is Coordinator, Sexual Assault Resolution Program, Family Services of the North Shore, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada. She also has a private practice specializing in childhood trauma and hypnotherapy., Anne Siegenberg, M.S.W., R.S.W., is Family Therapist at the Jewish Family Service Agency, and Group Facilitator with survivors of sexual abuse at Family Services of the North Shore. She is also a social worker in private practice with a focus on survivors of childhood trauma.
