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Counselling Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse.

14 August 2026


Counselling Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse.

Clare Burke Draucker.

Sage. 2000.

ISBN: 9780761965817.

Counselling Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse is a practical clinical guide that focuses on the counselling processes that support recovery, especially disclosure, understanding the abuse from an adult perspective, addressing its relational and developmental context, and making desired life changes.

The author present a phase-oriented, integrative approach rather than claiming that one therapy is superior to all others. The book combines clinical theory, counselling interventions, research findings, and extended case examples.

Claire Burke Draucker is a psychiatric mental-health nurse, licensed psychologist, and professor at the Indiana University School of Nursing. Her research includes childhood sexual abuse, lifespan violence, adolescent dating violence, and sexual harassment.

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