Treating secondary victims [[electronic resource] ] : intervention with the non-offending mother in the incest family / / Virginia C. Strand

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786236703321
• Autore: Strand Virginia C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000
• ISBN: 0-8039-5286-4; 1-4522-6265-9; 1-322-41792-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 253 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.858360651
• Soggetti: Incest - Psychological aspects; Incest victims
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Understanding the Impact of Incest on the Nonoffending Mother; Developments in the Field of Child Sexual Abuse Relevant to the Nonoffending Mother; Theoretical Developments Affecting Conceptualization of Intervention and Treatment; Chapter 2 - Gender and Countertransference; The Social Construction of Motherhood; Ambivalent View of Women; Effects of Professional Training; Widespread Tendency to Blame Mother for a Child's Problem; Victimization in the History of the Therapist; Chapter 3 - Contextual Considerations in the Engagement of the MotherRace and Ethnicity; Class; Work History; Individual and Family History; Chapter 4 - Evaluating the Mother and Planning for Treatment; Introduction to a Treatment Approach; Phase 1: Engagement and Assessment; Assessment of Social Roles; Sexual History; Chapter 5 - Individual Treatment; Phase 2: Early Intervention Around Traumatic Effects; Phase 3: Strengthening Coping Capacities; Phase 4: Surfacing Traumatic Effects of the Incest Behavior; Phase 5: Identifying Relational Consequences; Phase 6: Working Through and Resolution; Chapter 6 - Group TreatmentBeginnings; The Treatment Approach in Group Therapy; Chapter 7 - Family Treatment; Beginning Treatment; Middle Phases of Family Treatment; Chapter 8 - Case Coordination; ; Investigation; Litigation; Supervision; Chapter 9 - Working With Mothers Involved in Custody and Visitation Disputes; Chapter 10 - Future Directions; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on research literature on incest victims and the author's own clinical experience, this book argues that to truly help children who have been abused by parents, effective treatment must also be offered to the non-offending parent.