Women’s Disclosure of Childhood Sexual Abuse Across the Life Course: A Narrative Perspective

Author:   Margaret Pack (Otago University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032669199


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   19 December 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Women’s Disclosure of Childhood Sexual Abuse Across the Life Course: A Narrative Perspective


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Taking a narrative approach, this book explores the role of disclosure in sexual abuse recovery for women survivors of child sexual abuse. Drawing on longitudinal research with sexual abuse therapists and de-identified cases drawn from her clinical practice, Pack emphasises the unique value of both a narrative and life course approach to the topic of sexual abuse recovery. The book explores the ages and stages of life as triggering new challenges to adapt to for adult women survivors, evoking the need to develop new ways of acting and being in the world. Conceptualizing disclosure as a process that occurs in relationship with the person disclosed to, it highlights the importance of the quality of the relationship between the survivor and the person confided in, and previous disclosure attempts. Further, the chapters outline individual, contextual and environmental factors that impede or facilitate disclosure, as well as different verbal and non-verbal forms that disclosure can take. With a focus on the Australasian context, this book is a resourceful guide for mental health professionals and practitioners who work in the field of sexual abuse recovery, as well as those who work with women in refuge situations and other health and well-being services.

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Author:   Margaret Pack (Otago University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032669199


ISBN 10:   1032669195
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   19 December 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Margaret Pack is Associate Professor at Otago University of Wellington, and counselling co-ordinator at Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand. She has 10 years of experience as a specialist case manager in a national trauma centre in New Zealand, and clinically supervises counsellors, social workers and mental health professionals.

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