A Comprehensive Resource for Healing and Recovery
As many as 20% of girls are sexually abused. When they reach adulthood, many continue to struggle with emotional and relational challenges such as depression, anxiety, and mistrust. These lifelong effects can be difficult to navigate alone. Healing for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse provides a tested 12-session framework for treatment and recovery, helping individuals and groups begin the process of rebuilding safety, trust, and connection.
This unique, therapist-developed program offers healing for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse by addressing both emotional and interpersonal barriers that arise from past trauma. Through guided discussions and reflective activities, participants learn to reconnect with themselves and others in healthy, supportive ways.
A Structured 12-Session Approach
The 12-session program is designed to help clients whose problems stem from the sexual abuse they experienced as children. Developed and thoroughly tested by experienced therapists, it gives both professionals and participants a reliable structure for trauma recovery and emotional growth.
Some of the key sessions include:
• Breaking the secret of abuse
• Understanding and releasing the shame
• Getting to know the child within
• Expressing repressed feelings
• Confronting the abuser
• Grieving for a lost childhood
These sessions address issues such as social isolation, intimacy, and mistrust, topics best explored in a safe group setting. As participants work together, they learn they are not alone, gain acceptance from others, and practice building authentic relationships based on trust and support.
A 13th session for significant others provides an opportunity to involve friends and family, expanding understanding and compassion beyond the therapy group.
Therapists providing services in managed-care environments will value the included assessment tools, follow-up letters, and intake, recording, and review forms.
Also available: Reproducible Digital Worksheet Masters (PDF) (only available with purchase of book).
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