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5 Reasons Why Parents Don’t Discuss Child Sexual Abuse

June 14, 2021 by BBYMCCRRL75216 Leave a Comment

Child sexual abuse

Child sexual abuse is not going away. According to the US Centers for Disease Control, 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused by the time they are 18, and 44% of rape victims are under age 18. Sadly, but not surprisingly, victims of sexual assault are three times more likely to suffer from depression, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, and four times more likely to contemplate suicide according to the Rape and Incest National Network ...read more

Filed Under: Adolescents/Teens, Children, Parenting, Sexual Abuse / Trauma Tagged With: #Parenting, advantages of family therapy, child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse prevention, child sexual abuse treatment, Family Connection, Family Counseling, family theapy, Family Therapy, Family trauma, how to handle child sexual abuse, online family therapy, why family therapy

What is Trauma Therapy?

May 31, 2021 by BBYMCCRRL75216 Leave a Comment

Distraught parent sits at kitchen table with his head in his hand distraught over a recent trauma.

What is trauma therapy? Not many of us will get through life without facing our own share of challenges. But some people experience not just stress and strife, but actual trauma. Trauma may come in the form of a physically or emotionally abusive relationship, a physical accident such as a car accident, environmental disasters, child abuse, or the sudden loss of a loved one. When a person experiences trauma, their entire world changes almost instantly. Many trauma survivors have a hard time ...read more

Filed Under: Sexual Abuse / Trauma, Trauma / PTSD Tagged With: #family therapy near me, #trauma and adoption, advantages of family therapy, Anxiety, anxiety after trauma, child abuse, child trauma, childhood trauma, disasters, Family, Family Conflicts, Family Therapy, Family trauma, PTSD, PTSD in children

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