Healing the incest wound : adult survivors in therapy / Christine A. Courtois.

Author/creator Courtois, Christine A.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton, ©2010.
Descriptionxxi, 748 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Incest victims--Mental health.
Psychotherapy.

Contents Incest : if you think the word is ugly -- Incest characteristics and categories -- The dynamics of child sexual abuse and the incestuous family -- Parent-child incest -- Incest involving other other relatives and quasi-family members -- Incest symptoms, aftereffects, and secondary elaborations -- Theoretical perspectives on aftereffects and implications for treatment -- Philosophy, sequence, and goals of therapy for incest -- Presenting concerns and diagnostic considerations -- The therapy relationship and risk management -- Psychotherapeutic treatments, strategies, and techniques -- The effects of abuse dynamics on the therapy relationship and process -- Group treatment -- Special populations -- Special problems and issues in treatment -- Special family issues.
Review "The first edition of Healing the Incest Wound became an instant classic in the field of psychotherapy shortly after its publication over 20 years ago. It was a critical work that lay the foundation for the way in which helping professionals could better understand the dynamics of incest and treat its survivors. Over the course of the past two decades, rapid advances in the behavioral and biological sciences - namely, a flood of research findings on the neurobiological impact of trauma - in addition to changes in the reporting and legal handling of abuse have created a need for more sophisticated and nuanced treatment protocols for victims of incest." "Amassing over two decades of informative research and clinical experience since the publication of that first edition, Christine Courtois - a well-known expert in incest abuse and trauma - now offers a comprehensive and fully revised new edition, reflecting the very latest in research studies on trauma, its varied typologies, and the cutting-edge methods and approaches for effective treatment."--BOOK JACKET.
Local noteLaupus-WCP
General note"A Norton professional book"--P. facing t.p.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009046363
ISBN9780393705478 (hardcover)
ISBN0393705471 (hardcover)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RC560.I53 C68 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold
Laupus Books - Stacks WM 610 C866H 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold