Creative Group Therapy for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Part One: theoretical concerns: child sexual abuse; an overview of the literature; creative approaches to therapy; art therapy, dance movement therapy and dramatherapy; a creative model for recovery from CSA trauma. Part two: the practice: setting up the group; beginnings; the middle phase; endings.

This book is a well-structured, sensitive and practical exploration of a multi-method approach to the language of healing. The book offers a springboard for creative thinking. It affirms the transformative power of witnessing and the ability of each survivor to ""reclaim her own land"". It contains ideas and insights about the survivor's journey from striving to thriving, which will be useful to a range of practitioners whether or not they use group work. For anyone engaged in the latter, this book is a must. I hope that it will also be used by managers and supervisors to appraise treatment resources and professional supervisory needs. In the present climate dominated by the debate about real or false memories, it is a courageous work and does not shirk this issue.