Tag: Sexual Trauma

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Abreactive Work with Sexual Abuse Survivors: Concepts and Techniques
Author(s)
Katherine Steele, Joana Colrain

Abreaction is the revivification of past memory with the release of bound emotion and the recovery of repressed or dissociated aspects of a remembered event. While abreaction is an integral part of most psychotherapeutic work, it is essential with sexual abuse survivors. It provides a psychic reworking of the trauma that identifies, releases, and assimilates the unresolved aspects of the abuse, allowing resolution and integration on both psychological and physiological levels. This chapter focuses on the specific type of abreactive work involved in the recovery and healing of dissociated memories of childhood sexual abuse.

Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims Of Sexual Abuse
Author(s)
Mic Hunter

A long overdue book by a psychologist who has extensive clinical experience treating male victims of child sexual abuse, it explodes the myth that sexual abuse of male children is rare, or that the consequences are less serious than for girls. Hunter examines the physical and emotional impact of abuse on its victims and the factors affecting recovery.

Betrayed As Boys: Psychodynamic Treatment Of Sexually Abused Men
Author(s)
Richard B. Gartner

In the growing professional literature on child sexual abuse, few books focus specifically on the experience of victimized boys and men. Interweaving vital elements of psychodynamic and trauma-oriented clinical practice, this much-needed volume examines how sexual betrayal affects boys, the ways they carry this hurt into adulthood, and how therapists can address the unique needs of men with sexual abuse histories. Exploring the impact of abuse on men’s emotional development, gender and sexual identity, and relationships, the book provides in-depth consideration of individual and group treatment issues.

Beyond Betrayal: Taking Charge Of Your Life After Boyhood Sexual Abuse
Author(s)
Richard B. Gartner

“With compassion and clarity, Richard Gartner shares insights from years of working with male survivors. Among this book’s greatest strengths is the extensive use of examples from Dr. Gartner’s clinical practice to illustrate problems and solutions on the path to healing. Beyond Betrayal offers support, encouragement, and useful skills to men in recovery.”
—Mike Lew, M.Ed., author of Victims No Longer and Leaping Upon the Mountains

Beyond The Gay/Straight Binary: Gender And/Or Sexually Diverse Male Survivors
Author(s)
Jim Struve, Howard Fradkin, Lee Beckstead

This chapter from Understanding the Sexual Betrayal of Boys and Men focuses on the effects of sexual trauma for gay and bisexual males… Within a binary paradigm, options for sexuality and gender are right or wrong, normal or pathological. Tolerance for expressions of diversity is narrow within families and cultures that adhere to binary perspectives about sexuality and gender. Gender and/or sexually diverse” (GSD) male survivors may exhibit a number of health and behavior issues whose origin can be linked to the residual impact of sexual minority stress.

Clinical Perspectives About Male Sexual Victimization: The Cultural And Historical Context Of Gender
Author(s)
Jim Struve and Joanna Colrain

Within the past 40 years, there has been increased awareness that males, as well as females, experience sexual violation. Nonetheless, male sexual violation remains largely underreported, services for male survivors remain sparse, and too many male survivors continue to feel isolated and alone.

This chapter from Handbook of Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan shows how male victims and survivors of sexual violence are underrepresented in the literature. Research reveals that approximately 1 in 6 males will encounter at least one incident of sexual violence in his lifetime. However, gender bias continues to affect literature, clinical training, and social justice advocacy by focusing predominantly on females as victims and survivors of sexual violence.

Empowering Male Survivors To Heal Through Community And Peer Connections
Author(s)
Howard Fradkin and Jim Struve

This chapter from Understanding the Sexual Betrayal of Boys and Men focuses on empowerment as a crucial component of the healing process for male survivors of sexual trauma. We believe that empowerment is facilitated by connection with other survivors. With the expansion of grassroots services for male survivors and the growth of the Internet, networking amongst male survivor peers is becoming more accessible. In this chapter, we will review research that demonstrates that the effects of individual psychotherapy can be amplified when clients risk sharing their recovery with peers.

Healing Sexually Betrayed Men And Boys: Treatment For Sexual Abuse, Assault, And Trauma
Author(s)
Richard B. Gartner

Healing Sexually Betrayed Men and Boys: Treatment for Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Trauma is the new authoritative source for treatment of sexually victimized men and boys. Male victims and survivors of sexual trauma lived in shadow until the turn of the 21st century, when scandal after scandal about the sexual abuse of boys and men shed light on their suffering. These men and boys require different treatment roadmaps than their female counterparts. Yet there is little in the professional literature to help a clinician work with sexually traumatized boys and men.

Joining Forces: Empowering Male Survivors To Thrive
Author(s)
Howard Fradkin

Joining Forces:Empowering Male Survivors to Thrive is an inspirational new book written to empower male survivors of sexual victimization to develop skills they can use to overcome the effects of trauma and learn to thrive in their lives. Male survivors often struggle to feel any sense of hope for the future, so this book is designed to inspire survivors and their allies with easily learned skills developed over the course of the author’s 30-year career, and the real-life experiences of male survivors who have learned to thrive.

Memories Of Sexual Betrayal: Truth, Fantasy, Repression, And Dissociation
Author(s)
Richard B. Gartner

In this comprehensive volume the repressed memory controversy is explored by leading clinicians in a discussion free of the accusatory tone that has often dominated the literature to date. The perspectives presented include an overview of neurological research on the encoding of memory, a feminist critique of the frenzy surrounding the current debate, and an exploration of the social taboos that still hamper objective discussion of child abuse. The issues raised on both sides of the ‘false memory’ debate cut to the heart of psychotherapeutic practice.

Pasado De ÉL, Historia De Ella: Una Guía Para Esposas De Sobrevivientes De Abuso Sexual Infantil Y Trauma
Author(s)
Debra Warner

Su historia, su historia es el primer libro que explora el impacto del abuso sexual infantil masculino en las relaciones de los adultos. Dirigido a tanto a los socios de los sobrevivientes de trauma como a los profesionales de la salud mental, el libro está escrito desde la perspectiva única del Dr. Debra Warner, la principal psicóloga forense estadounidense en el campo del trauma masculino que está casado con una sobreviviente de trauma.

The Ethical Use Of Touch In Psychotherapy (And Political Culture)
Author(s)
Michael G. Hunter and Jim Stuve

Is the bias against touch in psychotherapy justified? Is ethical touch an oxymoron? Can the recovery process be complete without healing touch? Mental health professionals are entrusted with the awesome responsibility of providing appropriate treatment for clients in a safe environment that nurtures trust, a necessary ingredient for optimum movement through the therapeutic process. Though treatment approaches vary, most modalities are verbally based and, in theory, exclude physical contact. Fearing that any form of touch would likely lead to sexual feelings or interaction, clinicians tend to shy away from the topic.

The Sexually Abused Male, Vol. 1: Prevalence, Impact, And Treatment
Author(s)
Mic Hunter

This volume on the prevalence, impact, and treatment of the sexually abused male presents 13 papers that address the cultural factors affecting males, the prevalence and impact of the sexual maltreatment of males, and assessment issues.

The Sexually Abused Male, Vol. 2: Application Of Treatment Strategies
Author(s)
Mic Hunter

The first three chapters provide a framework for understanding the mind-set of the sexually abused male client and the recovery process he faces. The three overview chapters are followed by five broader chapters on treatment. The remainder of the book focuses on treatment strategies with various populations of male victims of sexual abuse including homosexual men, child and adolescent boys, preschool boys, and sex offenders who were sexually victimized as children.

Trauma And Countertrauma, Resilience And Counterresilience: Insights From Psychoanalysts And Trauma Experts
Author(s)
Richard B. Gartner

Treating traumatized patients takes its toll on the treating clinician, giving rise over time to what Richard B. Gartner terms counter-trauma in the psychoanalyst or therapist. Paradoxically, a clinician may also be imbued with a sense of optimism, or counter-resilience, after learning how often the human spirit can triumph over heartbreakingly tragic experiences.