Creative Therapy: Adolescents Overcoming Child Sexual Abuse

Creativetherapy Adolescents Overcoming Child Sexual Abuse Adolescence is a difficult time but it is particularly difficult for those who have experienced sexual abuse. The consequences to mental health from such abuse are now widely recognised. Often one of the most painful times in a young person’s life is disclosing the abuse – this can have traumatic and disruptive effects on him or her and their family that only add to the stresses of adolescence. Kate Ollier and Angela Hobday provide ways of working with teenagers helping them regain confidence and feel positive about their future to make their therapeutic journey a stimulating yet emotionally stabilising time. This book is certain to appeal to all therapists working in the area of abuse. Even the most experienced professional is likely to be inspired by the range of lively ideas dealing with a very difficult subject. 9 780864 317445 Australian Council for Educational Research Creativetherapy S T N E C S E L O AD OVERCOMING E S U B A L A U X E S D L I H C Kate Ollier and Angela Hobday The authors: Both authors have extensive experience in providing clinical psychology services. Kate Ollier, B.Sc., M. Psych., Grad. Dip. App. Ch. Psych., provided a clinical psychology service in the UK alongside her co-author. She is currently employed in a clinical psychologist position at Disability Services Commission, in Perth. Angela Hobday, B.Sc., M.Sc.(Clin. Psych.) is currently head of the Clinical Psychology Service to Children ISBN 0-86431-744-1 and Adolescents at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn. She is the author of several journal and book publications, including three titles with Kate Ollier. ADOLESCENTS OVERCOMING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE Emotional regulation and the development of identity, values and morals are severely hampered when the child has spent years dissociating and denying an abusive experience. Achieving attachment and healthy relationships, in a previously chaotic system, is an essential part of individual therapy and survivors of child sexual abuse need more guidance than most if they are to attain essential emotional milestones. Creativetherapy Creative Therapy: Adolescents overcoming child sexual abuse is a practical therapy book. Over 100 activities are offered in this multimodal approach to making therapy both effective and, as far as possible, fun. They cover many areas of need for survivors of sexual abuse, from learning to recognise and regulate emotion to selfidentity and coping strategies on which the young person can build a bright future. Kate Ollier and Angela Hobday Creative Therapy: Adolescents overcoming child sexual abuse Kate Ollier and Angela Hobday ACER PRESS First published 2004 by ACER Press Australian Council of Educational Research Ltd 19 Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, 3124 Copyright © 2004 Kate Ollier and Angela Hobday All rights reserved. Except under the conditions described in the Copyright Act 1968 of Australia and subsequent amendments, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the publishers. Edited by Anne Findlay Typeset by Desktop Concepts Pty Ltd, Melbourne Printed by Ligare Pty Ltd National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data: Ollier, Kate. Creative therapy: adolescents overcoming child sexual abuse. Bibliography. Includes index. ISBN 0 86431 744 1. 1. Sexually abused children – Mental health. 2. Sexually abused teenagers – Mental health. 3. Psychic trauma – Treatment. 4. Play therapy. 5. Recreational therapy. I. Hobday, Angela. II. Title. 618.9285836 Visit our website: www.acerpres