Jamaica Gleaner Therapeutic Services Article
The Jamaica Gleaner posted a short piece about therapy in adulthood following CSA. It can be read here.
– CBG
As shocking and dark as the details of the Duggar family and their relgious beliefs may be to many of us, it shouldn’t surprise us at all that they were so many people with a vested interest in the show, the religious organization, and the family were encouraged and even forced to gloss over the reality of what happened. If you’re shocked that anyone would go to such lengths to hide child abuse and ignore victims, you simply haven’t been paying attention. It goes on everywhere, and I hope the more cases like this one that we can bring to light, the more we’ll start to understand how horrible this is.
FBI changes definition of rape to include men tags: CA Psych Central Weekly News Podcast, Jan. 5 2012 tags: CA Learning Acceptance and Gaining Peace tags: CA New Year’s Resolution: Letting Go tags: CA Extend Yourself tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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I love this description of therapy because this is what it really is – If it wasn’t for a close friend of mine that encouraged the idea of therapy. I would have never developed the courage and self-awareness to enter therapy. Therapy gave me the tools and techniques to live a more confident and emotionally…