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Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children
Mothering, Resilience, and Protecting the Next Generation
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2018
Summary
Stories of mothers who survived sexual abuse as children reveal the struggles, challenges, and triumphs of this special group of women.
Unraveling the veil of silence and capturing the experiences of mothers who were sexually abused as children, this book offers a first step in both supporting mothers and disrupting the cycle of intergenerational abuse that keeps these mothers isolated and alone in their mothering challenges and successes. Each story reveals the concerns, the needs, the difficulties, and the fears these mothers confront as they parent their children while struggling with their own past experiences. By examining the therapeutic needs and concerns of mothers who have survived child sexual abuse, Teresa Gil offers special insight into understanding and supporting these remarkable women.
At issue is understanding what helps women who were sexually abused as children to survive and to parent effectively. Written for adult mothers who were victims of childhood sexual abuse, as well as for helping professionals, this book reveals the touching details of the pain and triumphs of mothering as a survivor and examines the protective factors that support resiliency and assist survivor/mothers to overcome challenges and to provide safe environments for the next generation.
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Edition
1/2018
Copyright Year
2018
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-0177-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-0178-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
205
Product Type
Monograph
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1 Defining Child Sexual Abuse and the Factors that Impact Resiliency and Recovery No access Pages 5 - 20
2 The Long-Term Impact of Child Sexual Abuse No access Pages 21 - 48
3 Transcending Adversity and Overcoming Abuse No access Pages 49 - 70
4 Mothering No access Pages 71 - 92
5 Mothering No access Pages 93 - 112
6 The Therapeutic Relationship and Its Importance to Resiliency and Healing No access Pages 113 - 132
7 A Legacy of Trauma No access Pages 133 - 158
8 Implications for Treatment and Policy No access Pages 159 - 182
