Sexual Abuse: The Child's Voice: Poppies on the Rubbish Heap

by Madge Bray

By first describing her methods and subsequently illustrating them with a selection of case studies, Madge Bray shows the reader how abuse can affect the mental well-being of children, and how the repair of the child's trust of adults is crucial to the process of healing. Guiding the reader and the child through the counselling process, she illustrates the devastation which abuse can cause, but also the resilience of children and the means they have to protect themselves from the reality of abuse. Sexual The Child's Voice is a unique insight into the minds of abused children, providing a basis for therapeutic work.

216 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1997

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a easy read. Please don't go into this book lightly, it will be with you for years to come

[Renetta Neal]

Not an easy read but full of hope for those children who are sexually abused by those who are supposed to love and care for them. Gave me lots of food for thought as a Counsellor who works with children. If you can't bear to read it then how are these children supposed to live with it? Adults using children's bodies for grown up satisfaction is a topic that can feel unbearable to even think about but just because we try not to think about it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Men and women can be perpetrators and how other adults respond to the child can make all the difference in who they become as adults! I feel I have a better understanding of all the challenges of balancing a need for info gathering and a need to support the child.