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Mother-Daughter Incest
Provide more effective services for the victims of this underreported, rarely investigated form of sexual abuse!
Until recently, mother-child incest was considered to be virtually nonexistent. The majority of the sexual abuse literature focused on male-perpetrated abuse or father-daughter incest. Mother-Daughter A Guide for Helping Professionals fills that gap in the literature, making an important contribution to knowledge and therapeutic practice by adding the voices of these survivors to the dialogue.
This important new book describes the phenomenon and aftermath of mother-daughter incest, focusing on the victim’s perception of and reaction to her experience. This book’s unique approach integrates psychological theory and practical interventions with the words of the survivors themselves. Their revealing and moving first-person testimonies keenly articulate daughters’ reactions to sexual abuse at the hands of their mothers, their past and present relationships with their mothers, and their perceptions of the impact of their mothers’ abuse on their lives.
This vital book There is no other resource like Mother-Daughter A Guide for Helping Professionals. Whether you are a therapist, social worker, medical or mental health professional or a student in any of those fields, this book will inform and educate you in ways that you’ll be thankful for if you ever have a client who is a survivor of this kind of abuse.
Until recently, mother-child incest was considered to be virtually nonexistent. The majority of the sexual abuse literature focused on male-perpetrated abuse or father-daughter incest. Mother-Daughter A Guide for Helping Professionals fills that gap in the literature, making an important contribution to knowledge and therapeutic practice by adding the voices of these survivors to the dialogue.
This important new book describes the phenomenon and aftermath of mother-daughter incest, focusing on the victim’s perception of and reaction to her experience. This book’s unique approach integrates psychological theory and practical interventions with the words of the survivors themselves. Their revealing and moving first-person testimonies keenly articulate daughters’ reactions to sexual abuse at the hands of their mothers, their past and present relationships with their mothers, and their perceptions of the impact of their mothers’ abuse on their lives.
This vital book There is no other resource like Mother-Daughter A Guide for Helping Professionals. Whether you are a therapist, social worker, medical or mental health professional or a student in any of those fields, this book will inform and educate you in ways that you’ll be thankful for if you ever have a client who is a survivor of this kind of abuse.
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First published June 29, 2004
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May 12, 2022This work comprehensively covered as many aspects of this largely ignored occurrence as possible. One thing it missed or rather didn't do deeper into beyond the mentioning of fragmentation is the memory fog that got touched on in "The Betrayal Trauma". I believe this type of abuse comes from the mother's 100% nonrecognition of the child's dependance on her for emotional well-being, yet the child's dependance does not diminish from it not being seen. They would strive to build a connection with their mother by any means possible, including partially or completely blocking out memories of abuse, and that, in turn, reinforces the mother's view of the child as her personal pet. Because they do not reject no matter what gets done to them and because the mother fails to understand that this dependance is not the child's choice signifying their low worth but is a necessity for their survival as human beings.
I thank the author for this book.
I thank the author for this book.
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