Contesting Stories of Childhood Sexual Abuse

This book considers the aftermath of childhood sexual abuse within the conceptual framework of Cognitive Analytic Therapy, and presents a model for treatment.

Based on in-depth interviews and her workshops for partners across the country, Laura Davis offers practical advice and encouragement to all partners—girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, and lovers—trying to support the survivors in their lives while tending to their own needs along the way.

Look at the basics of statistics, grooming, impact, sharing concerns and barriers to disclosing child sexual abuse

As recently as 1970, child sexual abuse was seen as extremely rare and usually harmless. Over thirty years later, the media regularly covers child sexual abuse cases, many survivors speak openly about their experiences, and a thriving network of public and private organizations seek to prevent child sexual abuse and remedy its effects. This is the story of these dramatic changes and the activists who helped bring them about.