Treatment Plan for Sexually Abused Victims



Table of Contents

Presenting problem1

Possible Issues Related To Presenting Problem2

A Minimum of Three Treatment Goals2

A Minimum of Two Interventions/Techniques3

Homework Assignments4

Spirituality Component4

References6

Treatment Plan for Sexually Abused Victims

Presenting problem

The victim might be reluctant in telling or even thinking about the problem. There might be problems in maintaining sexual relationship with the spouse and these symptoms might be signs of a greater problem (Laumann, Pail, & Rosen, 1999). They must be probed before they result in serious repercussions. Power is the second name of responsibility. Some however, do not understand this fact and abuse their powers over weak. Sexual abuse is a term used to refer the forcing of undesirable sexual behavior by one person over another. It is called sexual assault if it is short in duration or simply infrequent. The term child sexual abuse relates to the behavior of arousing or stimulating sex when the victim is younger than the age of consent (Browne, & Finkelhor, 1986).

Presenting a problem of sexual abuse relates to finding out specifically what happened. The adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse often have suffered more of emotional and psychological damage rather than physical damage and that is where counseling is needed (James; Nancie; Adam, 2004). The victim is to be made comfortable with the counselor; studies indicate that gender of the counselor does not affect the counseling. The victim will have to be made realize that it was not their fault and its okay to talk about it.

Half of the solution lies in presenting the problem, therefore it is necessary that the counselor identifies specifically what the problem is, this is related with the history of event, exactly what and when it happened. The synopsis of that event(s) can be obtained by the people around the victim; however, it is only the victim who knows what happened precisely and how he or she feels now.

It is helpful to gain the trust of the victim to make the person feel that whatever will be shared here will not leak, and no one will abuse that knowledge. It is the most difficult phase but often the most crucial phase in the success of treatment. The victim needs to be made talk and express the feeling otherwise the counselor will see the symptom and try to understand the roots of problems by guessing on the basis of education and experience.

Possible Issues Related To Presenting Problem

The sufferings of sexual abuse are across gender and age. However, females are generally found to be more deeply affected by the sexual abuse. Their physical problems might be stemming from the psychological difficulties that are rooted in that sexually abused experience. The sense of self might be altered and mental health might be compromised. The issues related to presenting the problem are not limited to but generally include, distrust on3he counselor, felling ashamed to let anyone know what really happened, fear of the abuser's anger, and even flashbacks when talking about the abusive event that makes the victim ...