Rape, Incest, and Sexual Harassment: A Guide for Helping Survivors

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A working guide to the treatment of survivors of sexual victimization, this book treats rape, incest and harassment as related forms of sexual abuse. It reviews present literature on the long-term effects of sexual assault and considers the services and support that survivors require. Covering a wide range of issues and treatment approaches, focus is placed on the older adolescent and adult. The phases of recovery following sexual abuse are described together with the type of assistance most appropriate at each phase. The authors provide numerous case studies and emphasize the individuality of both survivor and response. This guide is aimed at both the professional and the layperson, to help the sexually abused transcend feelings of victimization. "Rape, incest and sexual harassment" discusses the issues raised by victimization. It then deals with the immediate aftermath of sexual abuse focusing on crisis intervention and advocacy with respect to emotional, medical and legal needs. One section, devoted to counsellors working with longterm effects on survivors, matches interventions to the individual client's needs and offers models for counselling frameworks. Special needs are also addressed. The book concludes with a look at the larger social problems associated with abuse and violence.

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The authors, a research psychologist and a practicing psychotherapist, have written a major reference work for professionals in any medical, legal, or psychological field, who come into contact with victims of sexual violence or abuse. The book will also be helpful to the general public and to survivors of sexual abuse. The outline of steps for various professionals to take in dealing with victims of rape, incest, or sexual harassment are particularly clear and well developed, whether they be the detailed legal procedures of the court system or the protocol for the basic medical sexual abuse examination. The authors have sophisticated insights about sexual abuse; they outline the various posttraumatic stress reactions to be expected and provide a range of options to be matched to clients' needs and to the type of assult. The outline of steps to take in treatment are particularly clear and well developed and several strudtures group treatments are also presented. At the end of each chapter there are excellent detailed appendixes and recommended further reading. Good bibliography. Strongly recommended for college and public libraries.-Choice
"The authors, a research psychologist and a practicing psychotherapist, have written a major reference work for professionals in any medical, legal, or psychological field, who come into contact with victims of sexual violence or abuse. The book will also be helpful to the general public and to survivors of sexual abuse. The outline of steps for various professionals to take in dealing with victims of rape, incest, or sexual harassment are particularly clear and well developed, whether they be the detailed legal procedures of the court system or the protocol for the basic medical sexual abuse examination. The authors have sophisticated insights about sexual abuse; they outline the various posttraumatic stress reactions to be expected and provide a range of options to be matched to clients' needs and to the type of assult. The outline of steps to take in treatment are particularly clear and well developed and several strudtures group treatments are also presented. At the end of each chapter there are excellent detailed appendixes and recommended further reading. Good bibliography. Strongly recommended for college and public libraries."-Choice

Author Bio

KATHRYN QUINA is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies and Coordinator of the Psychology Program at the College of Continuing Educaton at the University of Rhode Island. She is coeditor of Teaching a Psychology of People: Gender and Sociocultural Awareness (1988), which won the 1988 Association for Women in Psychology Distinguished Publication Award. NANCY L. CARLSON is a licensed counseling psychologist with a Diplomate in Counseling Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. She has been the director of university mental health centers for over ten years, directing the Counseling and Career Services at the University of Rhode Island from 1978 to 1987. She is now in private practice in Portland, Maine. Together with colleague Hazel Temple, the authors wrote Sexual Assault and Harassment: Myths and Reality, a guide for the University of Rhode Island community, published and distributed to all students, faculty, and staff in 1981 and 1983.