Category: Families: Children & Adolescents

A lot of the psychological and behavioral problems that client families bring to therapy are caused by sexual abuse. In order to understand how childhood and adolescent sexual abuse affects hazardous sexual behaviors, individual and family functioning, and other factors, this article summarizes pertinent literature on the topic. The three essential components of clinical competence—knowledge, awareness, and skills—are discussed in the context of treatment recommendations employing trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy

Less is known about the role played by childhood emotional abuse than the role played by childhood physical and sexual abuse as established risk factors for adult sexual aggression perpetration and victimization. This study presented evidence that early emotional abuse is a significant predictor of problems in adulthood, at least as significant as other types of abuse (such as early physical or sexual abuse), which are frequently seen as more problematic.

It talks about how to manage children that exhibits sexual behavior problems and how this management can be supported by parents, community and the treatment team. This can be done based on the child’s stage of sexual development and most importantly, regular sexuality education helps children in preventing high cases of sexual immoralities.