The first edition of the blog carnival is ready to be viewed. Go to the Carnival Homepage and check out the contributions for the September 2008 Edition.
This gives the opportunity to think about submitting a post for the next edition of the Carnival. The theme for October is "What helped the most – what helped the least". Again, submit your favorite blog-post for the topic – either your own post or someone elses – and we will post it in our October Edition.
Hi! This is the official site for the Blog Carnival: Recovery From Sexual Abuse.
You will find here the announcements for the upcoming editions, the topics, and the shortcuts to the previous editions.
You will find here the themes for the coming editions. When the themes are converted into a link they lead you directly to the archive of editions already published!
October 2008 ………………What helped the most – what helped the least”
Dec 08/Jan 09 ……………Partner, Lovers, Husbands
March 2009 ……………Issues of Male Survivors of CSA
April 2009 ………………….Dealing With Crisis
July 2009 “Sexual abuse and the Body”
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Welcome to the September 30, 2008 edition of recovery from childhood sexual abuse. I am excited about the support this project has received and about the great submissions people have made.
For most people it's quite difficult to know what to do when someone discloses something that causes them great distress and pain. May that be a serious illness, a life changing loss, or a traumatic experience like sexual abuse. In a recent conversation with a group of nurses I have been asked how specifically do you give emotional support and care to someone who discloses sexual abuse. Following are responses that help survivors in their recovery:
Research * has shown that survivors of sexual abuse often feel support and understanding is missing when they disclose having been abused. Research has also shown that survivors who are not getting appropriate support when they disclose having been abused are more prone to develop post traumatic stress symptoms and other psychiatric disturbances. It is obvious, that we need a new vision of how to engage with survivors of (child) sexual abuse if we want to avoid costly problems to develop:
Multiple Voices 