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Stolen tomorrows : understanding and treating women's childhood sexual abuse
- Author
- Levenkron, Steven, 1941-
- Title
- Stolen tomorrows : understanding and treating women's childhood sexual abuse / Steven Levenkron, with Abby Levenkron.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Published
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2007.
- Description
- 288 p. ; 22 cm.
- URL
- <Table of contents only> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006035743.html
- Other contributors
- Levenkron, Abby.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-276) and index.
- Contents
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- Toxic water, stunted tree : an introduction to childhood sexual abuse
- Pt. 1. Then and now
- 1. The sexually abused child as an adult
- 2. How children survive sexual abuse
- Pt. 2. Case histories : understanding through example
- 3. June : the evil magnet
- 4. Deirdre : wanting family support, not revenge
- 5. Annie and Gina : afraid to receive pleasure
- 6. Adrienne : sad little girl in the photo
- 7. Marjorie : Uncle Bill in the barn
- 8. Lana : "easy money"
- 9. Rose : "I remember those hairy arms"
- 10. Emily : cornered
- 11. Cassie : the "phantom palette"
- 12. Olivia : the effect of sexual abuse on marriage
- 13. Audrey : the father
- 14. Ava : "poor kid in a rich family"
- 15. Maureen : "dissociation just happens"
- 16. Kendra : "so I have to be normal?"
- 17. Julie : relief from psychotic episodes
- 18. Doreen : compulsive scratching is self-mutilation
- 19. Jen : a case of iatrogenic abuse
- Pt. 3. Understanding stolen tomorrows
- 20. Trauma
- 21. The survivor's relationship to her body
- 22. Self-mutilation
- 23. Eating disorders
- 24. Physical, sexual, and social impairments
- Pt. 4. Recovering stolen tomorrows
- 25. Developing readiness for treatment
- 26. Setting therapeutic goals
- 27. Balancing bonding with boundaries
- 28. Tasks and challenges facing the therapist
- 29. Pacing in therapy
- 30. Repairing the damage : reducing the effects of trauma
- 31. Taking a closer look at psychotherapy
- 32. Going public with family and community
- 33. Adolescent date rape
- 34. Combating body memories with the mind
- 35. To the sexually abused reader : getting the help you need.
- Kinsey subjects
- Child victims. Psychotherapy. Women psychology. Sex offenses.
- ISBN
- 9780393060867 (hardcover) 0393060861 (hardcover)