Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index.
The lasting effects of sexual abuse -- Hysteria, borderline personality disorder, and false memory syndrome -- The core effects of severe abuse -- Philosophy of treatment -- Vagaries of the therapeutic relationship: transference and countertransference -- Specific therapy principle and techniques -- The specific problem of client dissociation during therapy -- Teasing the dragon: the fruits of confronting severe abuse -- Group therapy -- Client gender problems -- Therapist issues.
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"Substantially expanded and updated, this classic volume provides therapists with detailed information on how to treat sexual abuse survivors more effectively. Dr. Briere offers an integrated theory of postabuse symptom development and suggests certain core phenomena that account for many of the the psychosocial difficulties associated with childhood sexual abuse."--BOOK JACKET.