1st Edition
I Never Told Anyone This Before Managing the Initial Disclosure of Sexual Abuse Re-Collections
By Janice A Gasker
Copyright 1999
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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“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... Read more
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
Biography
Janice A. Gasker
