Abstract
This study aimed to elicit perceptions and experiences of talking therapy services for CSA survivors and professionals utilizing qualitative interviews and analyzing transcripts using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Participants included 13 adult survivors and 31 professionals in statutory and voluntary services in Scotland. Main themes were benefits from and challenges of the therapeutic process. Benefits included a trusting therapeutic relationship, feeling safe to disclose, breaking isolation, enhancing self-esteem and self-worth, contextualizing the abuse, and moving toward recovery. Challenges included trauma-focused work, supportive contact, continuity and consistency of services, accessibility during acute episodes, hearing and managing disclosures, child protection issues, and availability and accessibility of services. The findings support a greater emphasis on relational models, supervision, and training.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 128-156 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Journal of Child Sexual Abuse |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 24 Mar 2011 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Talking therapy services for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in Scotland : perspectives of service users and professionals. / Chouliara, Zoë; Karatzias, Thanos; Scott-Brien, Georgia; Macdonald, Anne; MacArthur, Juliet; Frazer, Norman.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Talking therapy services for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in Scotland
T2 - perspectives of service users and professionals
AU - Chouliara, Zoë
AU - Karatzias, Thanos
AU - Scott-Brien, Georgia
AU - Macdonald, Anne
AU - MacArthur, Juliet
AU - Frazer, Norman
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - This study aimed to elicit perceptions and experiences of talking therapy services for CSA survivors and professionals utilizing qualitative interviews and analyzing transcripts using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Participants included 13 adult survivors and 31 professionals in statutory and voluntary services in Scotland. Main themes were benefits from and challenges of the therapeutic process. Benefits included a trusting therapeutic relationship, feeling safe to disclose, breaking isolation, enhancing self-esteem and self-worth, contextualizing the abuse, and moving toward recovery. Challenges included trauma-focused work, supportive contact, continuity and consistency of services, accessibility during acute episodes, hearing and managing disclosures, child protection issues, and availability and accessibility of services. The findings support a greater emphasis on relational models, supervision, and training.
AB - This study aimed to elicit perceptions and experiences of talking therapy services for CSA survivors and professionals utilizing qualitative interviews and analyzing transcripts using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Participants included 13 adult survivors and 31 professionals in statutory and voluntary services in Scotland. Main themes were benefits from and challenges of the therapeutic process. Benefits included a trusting therapeutic relationship, feeling safe to disclose, breaking isolation, enhancing self-esteem and self-worth, contextualizing the abuse, and moving toward recovery. Challenges included trauma-focused work, supportive contact, continuity and consistency of services, accessibility during acute episodes, hearing and managing disclosures, child protection issues, and availability and accessibility of services. The findings support a greater emphasis on relational models, supervision, and training.
U2 - 10.1080/10538712.2011.554340
DO - 10.1080/10538712.2011.554340
M3 - Article
C2 - 21442530
AN - SCOPUS:79953193801
VL - 20
SP - 128
EP - 156
JO - Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
JF - Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
SN - 1053-8712
IS - 2
ER -