Helping Children Come to Terms with Sexual Abuse

• By: Mary Lou Jones, LCSW, DSW Lisa Littman, LCSW South Shore Child Guidance Center
• January 1st, 2009
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The classic definition of “trauma” provided by Bessel Vander Kolk (1987) includes both the dramatic nature of an event as well as the individual’s ability to cope. Despite our capacity to survive and adapt, trauma can alter one’s psychological, biological and social equilibrium to such a...