Healing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy Book

Sect. I Incest Characteristics and Dynamics

1 Incest: If You Think the Word Is Ugly 3

2 Incest Characteristics and Categories 18

3 The Dynamics of Child Sexual Abuse and the Incestuous Family 58

4 Parent-Child Incest 93

5 Incest Involving Other Relatives and Quasi-Family Members 133

Sect. II Symptoms, Aftereffects, and Diagnosis

6 Incest Symptoms, Aftereffects, and Secondary Elaborations 171

7 Theoretical Perspectives on Aftereffects and Implications for Treatment 233

Sect. III Therapy for the Aftereffects of Incest

8 Philosophy, Sequence, and Goals of Therapy for Incest 263

9 Presenting Concerns and Diagnostic Considerations 294

10 The Therapy Relationship and Risk Management 339

11 Psychotherapeutic Treatments, Strategies, and Techniques 364

12 The Effects of Abuse Dynamics on the Therapy Relationship and Process 420

13 Group Treatment 464

14 Special Populations 506

15 Special Problems and Issues in Treatment 528

16 Special Family Issues 573

17 Sitting with a Shattered Soul 612

Appendix A Incest History Questionnaire 615

Appendix B Survivor Memoirs of Incest and Audiovisual Materials 626

Appendix C Treatment Books for Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders and Incest 630

Appendix D Workbooks for Survivors and Therapists 636

Appendix E Treatment Books for Dissociative Disorders 639

Appendix F Organizations and Resources for Survivors and Their Supporters 642

Appendix G Support Sites for Suicide and Loss 644

Suggested Reading 645

References 659

Index 727