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Trauma Sequelae In The Forensic Female Population: Working With Numbing Behaviors, Tara S. Jungersen, Shannon Karl, Joseph Franco
Trauma Sequelae In The Forensic Female Population: Working With Numbing Behaviors, Tara S. Jungersen, Shannon Karl, Joseph Franco
Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches and Lectures
Women in the forensic system have extensive trauma histories that present as harmful behaviors, both during confinement and post-release. Incarcerated women who have experienced sexual and intimate partner violence engage in a variety of numbing behaviors, including substance use, child neglect, self-injurious behavior, and sexual acting-out. This session will review the limitations of in-house trauma work, and help counselors tailor strategies to mitigate numbing with forensic populations
Clergy Sexual Abuse, Robert P. Allred
Clergy Sexual Abuse, Robert P. Allred
Theses and Dissertations
Sexual abuse perpetrated by trusted members of the clergy presents unique challenges to clinicians and yet the current literature on the effects of clergy sexual abuse is sparse. The vast majority of current research on clergy sexual abuse is based on the perspective of the perpetrators and not the survivors. Some literature suggests that clergy sexual abuse is equivalent to incest due to the level of betrayal trauma associated with each form of abuse. The current study seeks to examine the effects of clergy perpetrated sexual abuse on survivors and examine those effects in the context of the general literature …