WORKING WITH SEXUAL TRAUMA: Some principles of individual therapy
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This paper describes some basic principles of individual psychotherapeutic work with adolescent and pre-adolescent victims of sexual abuse. It first considers some general principles of individual work with victims, regardless of their age. Secondly it considers some issues that are particularly relevant to work with adolescent victims. It concludes by suggesting that individual therapy of this kind should be open ended and underpinned by an `open door' policy which respects the maturational needs of the victim.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009