Treating Incest - Softcover

Trepper, Terry S S.; Barrett, Mary Jo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0866567399 ISBN 13: 9780866567398

Publisher: Routledge, 1987

Synopsis

This timely book provides for the therapist working with cases of intrafamily child sexual abuse both a theoretical background and practical information for the treatment of incest and gives new insight into the complex problems associated with incest. With the enactment of more stringent child abuse reporting laws nationwide and increased public education about the problem, there has been a dramatic increase in the need for incest-related psychotherapy. Treating Incest is an important source of information about the assessment and treatment of the family that will enable clinicians to provide appropriate crisis intervention for families and make informed judgments about referrals, if necessary. The book’s central theme is that effective treatment of incest requires a systemic approach because incestuous activity is the product of a problematic family, rather than the cause. The book is divided into two helpful sections: assessment issues and treatment issues and techniques.

About this title

About the Author

Terry S. Trepper, Mary Jo Barrett

From the Back Cover

'I recommend this book highly to clinician who treat children who are being sexually abused and to clinicians who treat adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. It is also a book that may be of interest to coordinators of courses and workshops of mental health professional learning about child sexual abuse.' -- 'Men's Studies Review'

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0866567399
• ISBN 13: 9780866567398
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140