Comments on: Residual Effects of Childhood Abuse in Female Adult Survivors http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/residual-effects-of-childhood-abuse/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angela http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/residual-effects-of-childhood-abuse/#comment-48316 Angela Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:47 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4883#comment-48316 I have a question about the legal issues of childhood abuse-if an adult woman seeks help from a therapist due to childhood sexual abuse, is the therapist required to report the incident, even if it happened years before? I have a question about the legal issues of childhood abuse-if an adult woman seeks help from a therapist due to childhood sexual abuse, is the therapist required to report the incident, even if it happened years before?

]]> By: Lynn Somerstein http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/residual-effects-of-childhood-abuse/#comment-40553 Lynn Somerstein Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:11:35 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4883#comment-40553 Hi Carolyn- You're brave and smart to seek help; you have suffered more than long enough. Often low-cost therapy is available at clinics associated with psychoanalytic or psychotherapy training institutes, where you would work with a clinician in training, closely supervised by an expert in the field. Mostly such clinics are located in or near big cities, and I don't know if that's convenient for you. Please let me know how this works out. If you are seeking help for alcoholism, the best treatment in my opinion is a combination: AA, psychiatric consultation for possible medication, and psychotherapy. take care, Lynn Hi Carolyn-
You’re brave and smart to seek help; you have suffered more than long enough. Often low-cost therapy is available at clinics associated with psychoanalytic or psychotherapy training institutes, where you would work with a clinician in training, closely supervised by an expert in the field. Mostly such clinics are located in or near big cities, and I don’t know if that’s convenient for you. Please let me know how this works out.
If you are seeking help for alcoholism, the best treatment in my opinion is a combination: AA, psychiatric consultation for possible medication, and psychotherapy.
take care,
Lynn

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/residual-effects-of-childhood-abuse/#comment-40532 Carolyn Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:18:56 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4883#comment-40532 I am currently unemployed and wodering if there are any clinics available for this sort of thing..i am experiencing flashbacks worse than ever before for soe reason and have gripping fear while i am sleeping and cant wake up :(..i have never really come to terms with this as i couldnt figure out what my lifelng probles were caused by..now i believe it has been this all along :( .. i realize now i need help. I am now 58 years old and have suffered with pst and other problems since i can remember ..i stayed drunk for years and dont know how i have made it this far in life. I am currently unemployed and wodering if there are any clinics available for this sort of thing..i am experiencing flashbacks worse than ever before for soe reason and have gripping fear while i am sleeping and cant wake up :(..i have never really come to terms with this as i couldnt figure out what my lifelng probles were caused by..now i believe it has been this all along :( .. i realize now i need help. I am now 58 years old and have suffered with pst and other problems since i can remember ..i stayed drunk for years and dont know how i have made it this far in life.

]]> By: Lynn Somerstein http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/residual-effects-of-childhood-abuse/#comment-24274 Lynn Somerstein Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:32 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4883#comment-24274 Cutting Ties With Parents (1 Letter) NY Science Times p. 40 October 27 October 26, 2009 To the Editor: Re “When Parents Are Too Toxic to Tolerate” (Mind, Oct. 20): Parentectomy — that’s the word we used when I worked for child welfare services in New York City. Some parents mean to harm their kids, and in those rare instances, the children would be made healthier by lopping off the relationship as though it were a diseased body part, like an infected appendix. Children are powerless, but when grown up they are able to get rid of the parents who continue doing harm by ending the relationship. Sometimes bad parents are worse than no parents. Lynn Somerstein Cutting Ties With Parents (1 Letter) NY Science Times p. 40 October 27

October 26, 2009
To the Editor:

Re “When Parents Are Too Toxic to Tolerate” (Mind, Oct. 20): Parentectomy — that’s the word we used when I worked for child welfare services in New York City. Some parents mean to harm their kids, and in those rare instances, the children would be made healthier by lopping off the relationship as though it were a diseased body part, like an infected appendix.

Children are powerless, but when grown up they are able to get rid of the parents who continue doing harm by ending the relationship. Sometimes bad parents are worse than no parents.

Lynn Somerstein

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