Overview

“I Never Told Anyone This Before” is the first book that will enable you to work in an ethical, effective manner, based on empirically tested guidelines, with clients who disclose memories of sexual abuse You'll find that these guidelines result in the creation of a helping environment conducive to the sharing of traumatic re-collections. At the same time, this environment is structured to keep you free from legal risk amidst the “false memory” debate era.With “I Never Told Anyone This Before”, you will overcome your specific concerns for working with special populations, such as persons who aren’t sure they’ve been abused, persons who are nonverbal, men, and persons who have suffered head injuries. This book also provides you with a language for discussing sexual abuse memories in a manner that focuses on the clients’ experiences. You will explore practice techniques that are based on theoretical foundations, as well as real helping situations with examples from actual therapy sessions. Other specific areas you will learn about in “I Never Told Anyone This Before” include: how to facilitate and manage first-time disclosure of abuse stories therapeutic use of memories of sexual abuse the function of memory in identity formation facilitation of disclosures of traumatic history avoiding legal risks for therapists in view of the false memory debate memory as it is treated by psychodynamic, cognitive, and developmental theorists caveats for researching the disclosure of sexual abuse re-collections Faced with the prospect of working with a possible survivor of childhood sexual abuse, you may be unsure about the therapeutic approach to take. Current controversy highlights the possibility that persons may be harmed rather than helped in the therapeutic process. “I Never Told Anyone This Before” provides you with a combination of theory, research, and practice that will put your anexities at ease.

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Author:   Janice A Gasker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780789004611

ISBN 10:   0789004615
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   07 January 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction A Psychotherapist's Dilemma Theoretical Issues Chapter 1. Moving Beyond the Debate: Theoretical Perspectives Psychoanalytic Drive Theory Cognitive Psychological Theory Folkloristic Studies Sociology of Knowledge First-Time Telling Chapter 2. Revisionist Vocabulary Child Sexual Abuse Re-Collections Life Narrative “Self” Dis-Integrated Re-Collection Epiphany Experience Integration Disclosure Issues Chapter 3. From Disclosure to Integration: Processing Re-Collections of Sexual Abuse A Theory of Re-Collection Chapter 4. First-Time Stories: The Structure of Therapy First-Time Disclosure in the Group Setting Chapter 5. First-Time Stories: The Interactional Context Interactional Strategies Structural Context The First-Time Stories Triangulation Interviews Clinical Techniques Chapter 6. Therapeutic Implications Traumatic Stories As Life Narratives Therapist Nonaction Controlling the Process Chapter 7. Therapeutic Techniques Setting the Stage Making Choices, Taking Responsibility Summary: The Components of Successful Therapy Chapter 8. Special Considerations for Special Populations General Guidelines for Work with Special Populations Specific Needs of Special Population Groups Conclusion Chapter 9. Troubleshooting Unique Client Populations The Role of Family Work in the Context of the Treatment Team Editing the Traumatic Story Appendix: Research Methods Research Questions Method Participants and Setting Data Collection References Index

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