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Practitioners helping adult survivors of child sexual abuse need to be aware of the thought processes of offenders. The premise of Anna Salter's major book is that those who do not recognize an internalized perpetrator when they hear one will often be frustrated by the tenacity of the survivor's self blame. Primarily oriented towards treating adult survivors, this invaluable book will also be useful for treating sex offenders. It includes discussion of crucial issues such as: what clinicians who treat survivors need to know about sex offenders; the different ways sadistic and nonsadistic offenders think and the resulting different `footprints' they leave in the heads of survivors; how trauma affects survivors' world-views;
Apology and Forgiveness in the Context of the Cycles of Adult Male Sex Offenders Who Abuse Children
Apology and Forgiveness in the Context of the Cycles of Adult Male Sex Offenders Who Abuse Children
The offender's apology to the person he has sexually abused is often seen as an important part of the survivor's process of healing and moving forward. Although the notion of apology can be very helpful, there is much that can go wrong to turn the experience of receiving an apology into further abuse. The aim in this chapter is to explore the purpose of apology and how its success or failure is linked not only to the survivor's healing process, but also to the agendas of the various parties and to the ...
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