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Handouts

Outline

Helping Clients Confront Past Sexual Abuse

• Childhood sexual abuse vs. other forms of sexual trauma
• Definition, magnitude, perpetrators, circumstances, risk factors, signs of abuse
• Listen to the narrative
• The nuances of survival, resilience, and hope

Sexual Trauma, Neurobiology, and Implications to Work with Survivors

• Neurological impacts of sexual abuse
• Long-term behavioral, emotional, and physical effects of trauma
• Body, trauma, and sexuality – Lessons from the perpetrator

Establishing a Therapeutic Alliance with Survivors

• Effective guidelines for the therapeutic relationship in trauma work, safety and containment
• Critical components to assess
• Treatment objectives, phases, and the healing process
• Comparative look at clinical interventions
• Evolving practices of clinical interventions for survivors

Strategies for working with Survivors

Helping Survivors Navigate Difficult Realities

• Complexities of sexual trauma, addiction, and sexuality
• Re-victimization and recycling of abuse
• Compulsion to repeat – domestic violence/intimate partner violence
• Subsequent challenges in sexual intimacy and interpersonal relationships
• Trauma and drug-linked triggers

Treating Men and Women Survivors

• Key differences/similarities in men’s and women’s experiences with sexual trauma
• Different responses and approaches to working with men and women survivors
• Redefine masculinity and examine sex positive approaches to working with women survivors

Building Resiliency

• Chronicling significant events that shape sexual values, attitudes, and beliefs
• Psycho-education, wellness, coping and self-care strategies
• Therapeutic tools and resources for recovery

Application of Clinical Knowledge with Case Examples

• Reflections and implications for your clinical work