Contesting Stories of Childhood Sexual Abuse

253 Pages·2009·1.08 MB·English

by  Jo Woodiwiss

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Contents
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Findingatruth 53
Falsememoriesofsexualabuse 57
Traumaandthecreationofidentities 58
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viii Contents
4 ChoosingaStory:MakingSense,FindingEvidence 63
Introduction 63
Theparticipantsandtheirstories 64
Traumaticforgetting 67
Makingsenseofunhappiness,identifyingsymptoms 68
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Theselfoftherecoveryliterature 152
Negotiatingthecontradictoryself 153
Thecoreself 154
Fragmentedself 157
The‘frontperson’asself 160
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Theselfbecomingandtheselfthatshouldhavebeen 161
Theselfandfalsememories 168
Aselftolivewith 171
9 HealingandGrowingUp 172
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