Therapeutic Work with Sexually Abused Children

`This book is a practical and supportive guide for the professionals facing
this traumatic subject. [It] is easily readable' - Journal of Child and
Adolescent Mental Health

`Therapeutic Work With Sexually Abused Children locates the practice
experience of the authors within a rigorous theoretical framework and is a
readable and useable guide to the complexities of helping children and
adolescents who have suffered the trauma of sexual abuse' - Youth & Policy

`It is refreshing to find child therapists ready to engage with sexually
abused children by incorporating trauma theory and research, addressing child
protection and seeing themselves as part of a team that includes the carers.
The authors provide an overview of phases of treatment, theoretical
considerations and essential skills. They emphasize the importance of
relationship and explore its impact on the therapist. Their approach is
creative and child-centered. Case vignettes, poems and exercises promote
empathy with the child's perspective. There is a useful chapter on cultural
issues and the needs of children in alternative care... this is an excellent
primer for the child's helping network' - Community Care

`This is an excellent book for workers seeking to respond more effectively to
child victims of abuse' - David Pearson, Caring Magazine

Therapeutic Work with Sexually Abused Children is a creative and practical
guide for professionals working directly with those who have suffered sexual
abuse and for their carers. The trauma of sexual abuse experienced in
childhood can be severe and enduring. Therapeutic support is offered to help
both the child and the family cope with psychological or emotional
difficulties both currently and in later life.

Therapists must be able to respond effectively to the child victim in a
sensitive and timely way which prioritizes the needs of each child. Drawing on
their experience as practitioners, the authors explore the reactions which
children commonly experience following abuse and examine the tasks of the
therapist in responding to them.

This book explores the counselling of children who have been abused rather
than adult survivors of child abuse.

The book will benefit from the combined experiences of one US author and one
UK author.