Creating a Safe Place
eBook - PDF

Creating a Safe Place

Helping Children and Families Recover from Child Sexual Abuse

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Creating a Safe Place

Helping Children and Families Recover from Child Sexual Abuse

About this book

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.

The Children and Families Project draws on the perspectives of those who have been abused to show how a person-centred approach to establishing a sense of safety can enable children and their relatives to regain trust and self-esteem.

The book demonstrates how therapeutic services can be improved through feedback from service users and how creative activities such as storytelling, painting and drama can encourage the expression of experiences. The need for preventative work is also addressed. Of particular relevance to professionals is the exploration of some of the difficulties that may be encountered in this field of work, such as the tension that can arise between therapeutic work and the child protection system.

This is an invaluable resource for anyone working with abused children and adults.

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Table of contents

  1. Creating a Safe Place: Helping Children and Families Recover from Child Sexual Abuse
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Preface
  5. Foreword by Professor Mooli Lahad
  6. 1. Developing the Service
  7. 2. Child Sexual Abuse: Effects on the Child
  8. 3. Child Sexual Abuse: Effects on the Family
  9. 4. Creating the Safe Therapeutic Space
  10. 5. Coming Through the Door
  11. 6. Helping Children Through Pictures and Models
  12. 7. Helping Children Through Words and Drama
  13. 8. Sharon’s Story: A Case Study
  14. 9. Helping Adults to Recover and Change
  15. 10. Helping Families to Recover and Rebuild
  16. 11. Working Towards Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
  17. Postscript
  18. Appendix 1 Looking After Ourselves
  19. Appendix 2 Tensions between Therapeutic Work and the Legal and Child Protection Systems
  20. Appendix 3 The Risk of Dependency
  21. Appenix 4 Gender Issues
  22. Appendix 5 Evaluation
  23. Appendix 6 Working Agreement
  24. Appendix 7 Information for Parents or Carers whose Child Attends the Children and Families Project
  25. References
  26. Subject Index
  27. Author Index