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Sensitive
Treatment for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
by Claudia Carver
A recent Canadian study, 'Toward Sensitive Practice: Issues for Physical
Therapists Working with Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse,' Carver
states that "the incidence of childhood sexual abuse is alarmingly
high," and "that survivors make up a large portion of touch
therapists' clientele." Carver writes that "childhood abuse
is often described as a violation of body, boundaries and trust."
With the suggestions that carver offers in her article "touch
therapists can become more sensitive" to childhood sexual abuse
survivors. This allows practitioners to create safe environments which
enable all clients to "take charge of what happens to their bodies."
Included in Carver's article are statements made by clients participating
in the study that offer keen insight into their experiences with touch
therapists. She concludes her article with a quote from Jules Rothstein,
Ph.D., P.T., editor of Physical Therapy: Although abuse survivors
have unique needs...they need to be considered as individuals,"
and that "all patients and all practitioners carry baggage as
we journey through life."
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