Resolving Childhood Trauma - A Long-Term Study of Abuse Survivors

Based on a 12-year study with 60 survivors of child sexual abuse, Catherine Cameron sets out to understand their early trauma and its impact over subsequent years and to monitor their progress toward recovery. The difficult but rewarding process of their recovery unfolded over time, along with increasing societal awareness of the problem. In 1998 a final survey provided the epilogue for their story. Cameron grounds their personal stories by citing parallels to the larger field of national and international trauma. The result is a compelling and deeply human story of trauma and triumph.

List of contents

PART ONE: ABOUT THIS BOOK
Background
A Study of Sexual Abuse Survivors
The Women and Their Families
PART TWO: SEXUAL ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD
Childhood Trauma
Cumulative Developmental Damage
Amnesia and Posttraumatic Stress
PART THREE: INTERIM YEARS BETWEEN ABUSE AND RECALL
Long Silent Years
Triggering of Memories
PART FOUR: REMEMBERING AND HEALING
Flashbacks and the Crisis of Recall
The Personal Response to Remembering
Reactions to Others
Confronting the Abuser
PART FIVE: MOVING BEYOND TRAUMA
Changed Lives
Epilogue
Gaining Closure

Summary

Presents the results of a study begun in the mid 1980's, of women survivors of child sexual abuse. Catherine Cameron - herself abused as a child - describes the subjective experience of abuse and slow recovery in 60 women surveyed five times over twelve years.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Cameron
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2000
• EAN: 9780761921288
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-2128-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Weight: 590 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Umgang mit Missbrauch, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SELF-HELP / Abuse, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, domestic violence, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Domestic abuse, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services