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Group therapy with sexually molested children.

N Delson1, M Clark

  • 1Children's Home Society of California, Eureka 95501, USA.

Child Welfare
|March 1, 1981
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This study highlights how child sexual abuse treatment programs must address intergenerational cycles of abuse. Play therapy helps child victims break these cycles by fostering self-respect and providing new coping mechanisms.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Child Development
  • Trauma Studies

Background:

  • Child sexual abuse can perpetuate cycles of victimization across generations.
  • Family dynamics and parental history of abuse significantly impact a child's experience.
  • Victim roles learned in childhood can carry into adulthood, affecting parenting and perpetuating abuse.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the role of play therapy within a broader family-centered treatment program for child sexual abuse.
  • To understand how to break intergenerational cycles of abuse and victim roles.
  • To explore methods for restoring a child victim's self-respect and empowering them to become an adequate adult.

Main Methods:

  • Play therapy integrated into a family context within a Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program.

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  • Therapeutic interventions focusing on teaching new skills and providing alternative role models.
  • Addressing the complex process of healing and self-reconstruction for child victims.

    • Main Results:

    • Play therapy aims to disrupt the cycle of abuse by equipping child victims with new skills and positive role models.
    • Therapeutic "undoing" or self-reconstruction is a lengthy, individualized process for victims.
    • Direct treatment of child victims can mitigate repression and support natural healing and integration of traumatic experiences.

    Conclusions:

    • Child sexual abuse treatment requires a holistic, family-centered approach.
    • Play therapy is crucial for empowering child victims and breaking intergenerational abuse cycles.
    • Long-term support and tools for future help-seeking are essential for victims' ongoing growth and healing.