An incest survivors' therapy group.
A weekly therapy group for women who have been incest victims and are residents of Odyssey House, a therapeutic community for drug abusers, is described. Women participating in the group have a significantly greater retention and graduation rate than other women in the program. The group reduces isolation; helps in dealing with denial; clarifies relations with children, other family members, and significant others; and facilitates dealing with incest-related guilt and shame. The impressive therapeutic progress of the incest survivors, which is attributable to the group, suggests the possible utility of such a group for other therapeutic communities and treatment programs.
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Training Program in Behavioral Science Research in Drug Abuse, City University of New York Graduate School, NY 10036.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest / Q000523:psychology*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013808:Therapeutic Community