The Merry-Go-Round of Sexual Abuse: Identifying and Treating Survivors

289 Pages·1993·17.45 MB·English

by  Letitia C Pallone

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THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
OF SEXUAL ABUSE:
IDENTIFYING AND TREATING
SURVIVORS
William E. Prendergast, PhD
SOME ADVANCE REVIEWS
"An absolutely essential manual for anyone who wants to work
with or who is already working with survivors/perpetrators of
sexual abuse. A powerful, clear, and well-documented guide, il
lustrated with numerous case studies. All who try to find their way
around the pitfalls, landmines, and cesspools in treating the survi
vors and perpetrators of sexual abuse without studying this book
are doing their clients a grave disservice."
Robert T. Francoeur, PhD
Professor of Human Sexuality and Embryology
Fairleigh Dickenson University
"A mine of information for all who work in the field of sex of
fenders .... From a law enforcement perspective, understanding
the processes of victimization is vital when attempting to discover
the truth about a cycle of offending behavior and when interview
ing both victims and offenders. This book offers an extensive in
sight into those processes."
Michael Hames
Superintendent, Obscene Publications Branch
New Scotland Yard, London
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"Defines and addresses every aspect of the training and supervi
sion of professionals diagnosing and treating molesters and survi
vors of sexual abuse. Case histories, imprinting, survivors as mo
lesters, and vice-versa, are particularly significant."
William E. Hartman, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Marital and Sexual Studies
Long Beach, CA
"Deals comprehensively with the vicious circle that traps survi
vors. Vividly written by an international trainer in this field, [this
book] offers visionary ways of recovery and treatment, reducing
the escalation of effects which would otherwise be passed on to
later generations."
Vera Diamond, MNCP, MBAFATT
Psychotherapist, Secretary of Cornelian Trust
"Here is another must read book for all therapists, victims, and
molesters as well as the general population-all of whom could un
derstand the problems related to sexual abuse."
Marilyn Fithian, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Marital and Sexual Studies
Long Beach, CA
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The Merry-Go-Round
of Sexual Abuse
Identifying and Treating
Survivors
HAWORTH Criminal Justice,
Forensic Behavioral Sciences
& Offender Rehabilitation
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New, Recent, and Forthcoming Titles:
Treating Sex Offenders in Correctional Institutions and Outpatient
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The Merry-Go-Round of Sexual Abuse: Identifying and Treating
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The Merry-Go-Round
of Sexual Abuse
Identifying and Treating
Survivors
William E. Prendergast, PhD
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publlcation Data
Prendergast. William E.
The merry-go-round of sexual abuse: identifying and treating survivors I William E. Prender
gast.
p. em.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 1-56024-388-0 (acid-free paper).ISBN 1-56024-387-2 (acid-free paper).
I. Sexual abuse victims-Rehabilitation. 2. Sexual abuse victims-Psychology. I. Title
RCS60.S44P74 1993
616.85'822390651--dc20 93-17364
CIP
To all the victims of sexual abuse everywhere, male or female,
infant child, adolescent or adult who belong to the world
family of survivors.
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Contents
PREFACE xix
1 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF SURVIVORS OF 1
SEXUAL ABUSE
The Who 0fTreatmellt 1
Survivor Trainillg Pretest 2
Four Groups Of Survivors 3
Pedophilic Survivors 3
Hebophilic Survivors 3
Incestuous S'4rvivors 3
Adult Survivors 4
Definitions and Elemellts of Sexual Abuse 4
Defining Sexual Abuse 4
All Outlille of the 20 Factors alld Elements Involved in Sexual Abuse 4
Twelve Indicators of Ongoing Sexual Abuse in Childre.l and Adolescents 9
Pedophilic Organizations II
The Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse 12
2 THE OFFENDER 15
The Role of Sexual Trauma in the Formation of the Offender 16
Not All Children Who Are Molested Become Adult Child Molesters 16
Identification of Passive Sexual Trauma Versus Active Sexual Trauma 17
RALPH: Severely Passively Sexually Traumatized 17
HERB: All Illcest Survivor 17
Patrems of Child Molesters Who Were Themselves Sexually Molested as 19
Childrell
The Molester Projects All Respollsibility on the Victim 19
The Molester Creates Illsurance 19
The Molester Also "Psychs-Out" the Potential Victims 19
JAY: 50-Year-Old Psychologist Sexually Assaulted 20
The Molester Uses Any Means Possible to Project the Blame and to' 21
Place the Respollsibility for his (the Offender's) Behavior Onto the
Survivor
The Next Major Damage the Offender Produces by his Assault is to Alter 22
the Survivor s Values About Sex
The Final Major Patrem that the Offender Uses in his Sexual Assault 22
that Severely Damages the Survivor is the Choice of Words he/she Uses,
Before, During and After the Act
3
THE SURVIVOR 25
Survivors of Pedophilic Molestation 25
Etiology of Pedophilia 27
BUDDY: Molested ;', Mell S Room ill Park 28
Survivors of Hebophilic Molestation 29
Etiology of Hebophilia 29