Creating a Safe Place: Helping Children and Families Recover from Child Sexual Abuse -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Foreword by Professor Mooli Lahad -- 1. Developing the Service -- 2. Child Sexual Abuse: Effects on the Child -- 3. Child Sexual Abuse: Effects on the Family -- 4. Creating the Safe Therapeutic Space -- 5. Coming Through the Door -- 6. Helping Children Through Pictures and Models -- 7. Helping Children Through Words and Drama -- 8. Sharon�s Story: A Case Study -- 9. Helping Adults to Recover and Change
10. Helping Families to Recover and Rebuild11. Working Towards Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse -- Postscript -- Appendix 1 Looking After Ourselves -- Appendix 2 Tensions between Therapeutic Work and the Legal and Child Protection Systems -- Appendix 3 The Risk of Dependency -- Appenix 4 Gender Issues -- Appendix 5 Evaluation -- Appendix 6 Working Agreement -- Appendix 7 Information for Parents or Carers whose Child Attends the Children and Families Project -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index
Summary
Highlighting the importance of a 'safe place' as the foundation of the healing process for those affected by child sexual abuse, this practical book details the factors that contribute to a secure therapeutic climate where recovery can take place
