The Therapist's Emotional Survival Dealing

Sexually abused and traumatized patients need therapists to understand their pain. Therapists must be able to handle their own baggage (rescue fantasies, for instance) and to process their own feelings on a daily basis in order to contain and use them.

Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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PART I: THE PATIENT-THERAPIST RELATIONSHIP

5

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1 Pioneers

5

(10)

2 The Survivor's Shattered Existence

15

(8)

3 Bearing the Pain of Treatment

23

(18)

4 My Introduction to Treating Sexually Abused and Traumatized Patients

41

(16)

5 Therapist Rescue Fantasies

57

(8)

6 Therapy Openings

65

(12)

PART II: OPENINGS TO TRAUMA AND PAIN

77

(132)

First Stage of Treatment: Establishing Safety and Connection

77

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7 Will You Hurt, Ignore, or Help Me? Fear and Self-Protection

81

(16)

8 Can I Take Control Over My Own Physical and Emotional Needs?

97

(10)

9 Can You Hear Me?

107

(10)

Second Stage of Treatment: Deep Experience

117

(92)

10 Can You Listen to the Trauma and Validate Me?

121

(14)

11 Am I Lovable? Feeling Deep Love and Bonding

135

(10)

12 Can You See Me? Discontinuous and Shattered Existence

145

(24)

13 Who Is Bad and Who Is the Abuser?

169

(8)

14 Is This My Body? Touch

177

(12)

15 Can You Believe in Ritual Abuse?

189

(20)

PART III: EMOTIONAL SURVIVAL

209

(32)

16 Reality, Countertransference, and the False Memory Controversy: Guidelines

209

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17 Therapist Survival: Concluding Perspectives and Strategies

231

(10)

References

241

(8)

Index

249

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