title: Helping adults cope with abuse as children.
abstract: This article describes the experience of a co-facilitator in planning and developing a closed therapeutic group, within a mental health unit, for female survivors of sexual abuse. The author discusses the process of setting up a group of this type, and by reviewing a typical group programme, explains the benefits of this approach.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*