IDENTIFYING, REPORTING AND TREATING CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE

The allegations of sexual abuse by a coach at Penn State highlight both the frequency (the US Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 1 out of every 100 children has been sexually abused) and the trauma that is experienced by survivors. Counselors are an important resource in promoting healing. I am pleased to share ACA resources that can help counselors assist survivors of sexual abuse.

Don W. Locke
ACA President

• A Counselor's Guide to Child Sexual Abuse: Prevention, Reporting and Treatment Strategies
• Everything Counselors and Supervisors Need to Know About Treating Trauma
• Ethics, Laws, and Adolescents: Confidentiality, Reporting, and Conflict
• Moving Forward: Issues in Trauma Response and Treatment
• The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse on Parenting: A Female Perspective
• Deviant Sexuality in Children and Adolescents: A Protocol for the Concurrent Treatment of Sexual Victimization and Sex Offending Behaviors
• Human Figure Drawings: Evaluating Trends in Child Victims of Sexual Abuse
• The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse on Parenting: A Female Perspective
• Domestic Violence and Children
• The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Abuse in Women With a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse Trauma
• The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Counseling Implications
• The Boy Code Betrays Me: Addressing Societal and Sex-Based Trauma in the Lives of Gay and Bisexual Men
• Treating Trauma: Using Psychodrama in Groups
• Creative Metaphors of Life Experiences Seen in Play Therapy
• Jungian Play Therapy: Bridging the Theoretical to the Practical
• Filial Therapy: Culturally Sensitive Intervention for Children and their Parents