Group Therapy for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse

<p>This book presents the therapist with a reflective and robust framework for group treatment that promotes an end to the shame and secrecy so frequently experienced by survivors. </p><p>Through a series of tools such as visualisations and art exercises the practitioner is guided through the process of establishing and running a group in this modality. The synthesis of both an educational and a process-based model is imbued with a sense of warmth and a deep understanding of this client group. Themes such as self-soothing strengthening boundaries inner-child work making meaning of endings and ways forward drive this therapeutic approach. Taking group work as the optimum matrix for change for this client population this model provides a convincing rationale for the establishment of said work as best practice in the institutions that provide for their care. </p><p>Practicing therapists and mental health nurses will find this new model of therapy an instrumental resource in their approach to treatment for survivors of trauma and abuse.</p>