{"id":2090,"date":"2012-03-22T12:18:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T11:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2023-03-04T12:53:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T12:53:57","slug":"child-sexual-abuse-counselling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/child-sexual-abuse-counselling.htm","title":{"rendered":"Surviving Child Sexual Abuse as an Adult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2151\" title=\"childsexualabusecounselling\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/childsexualabusecounselling.jpg\" alt=\"Child Sexual Abuse Counselling Image\" width=\"388\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/childsexualabusecounselling.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/childsexualabusecounselling-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/>Child sexual abuse<\/strong> (CSA) is a physically and emotionally destructive event that, unfortunately, happens often. This form of abuse occurs when a child is used to gratify an older individual. A central theme is that the abuse exploits power over the victim, often to fulfil their need to be powerful at the expense of the child. <strong>Sexual abuse<\/strong> happens across all forms of culture, economic status, race, and religion. According to the <strong>National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Childre<\/strong>n (NSPCC), <strong>17,727 cases<\/strong> were reported in 2010 in England and Wales. However, estimation for the frequency of this form of abuse varies widely, and may be due to the unknown number of occurrences of child sexual abuse that are never reported.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Long Term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Child sexual abuse that is not properly addressed may have serious long-term psychological effects upon a survivor\u2019s life. Every individual\u2019s experiences and reactions to abuse are unique; therefore, not every adult who suffers from child sexual abuse will experience the same long-term effects. However, enough studies have been completed on the long-term effects of child sexual abuse to establish a list of commonly attributed psychological difficulties. These include, but are not exclusively limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Low Self Esteem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/low-self-esteem-counselling-london.htm\">Low self-esteem<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Self-hatred<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Depression Counselling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/depression-counselling-london.htm\">Depression<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sleep Therapists\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/sleep-disorder-counselling-london.htm\">Sleep disturbances (i.e. nightmares)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Trust issues<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Relationship Counselling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/relationship-counselling-london.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abusive relationships<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Flashbacks<\/li>\n<li>Dissociation<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Addiction Counselling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/addiction-counselling-london.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Substance use\/dependency issues<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Increased suicide risk<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sex Therapists\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/sex-therapy-and-counselling-london.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sexual identity confusion<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aggressive behaviour<\/li>\n<li>Social isolation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Forgetting The Past &amp; Self-Blame<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is common for individual sufferers of child sexual abuse to not remember the abuse until years after it happens. Some survivors are never able to fully recall the abuse and only evoke distorted images. However, just because a full, clear memory of the abuse is not available, does not mean the abuse was necessarily less severe or may not be an influence on one\u2019s mental health. Survivors frequently hold beliefs that they are responsible for why the abuse occurred and harbour intense feelings of <strong>guilt<\/strong> and<strong> self-blame<\/strong>. Similarly, abusers often tell the victim they <em>are<\/em> to blame for the abuse, which wrongfully shifts the blame away from the abuser and onto the child.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Survival Strategies for coping with child sexual abuse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Coping mechanisms or techniques developed to help handle difficult situations (i.e. the trauma of CSA), may also cause further difficulty into adulthood. The survival strategies utilized to numb the emotional and physical pain associated with the abuse may lead to issues with <a title=\"Addiction Counselling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/addiction-counselling-london.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drug\/alcohol use or dependence <\/a>and other behaviours that promote self-injury. Survivors may also experience issues with eating because the control they can exhibit over food provides them a sense of control they were denied in childhood. Some survivors engage in behaviours which cause self-inflicted injury, such as burning, slashing, or cutting. Memories of the abuse may also trigger intense anxiety that can seem unbearable for the survivor who in turn uses self-inflicted injury as a method to relieve uncomfortable emotions associated with child sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How to make sense of emotions and behaviour<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you are a survivor of child sexual abuse and are using one of the coping methods mentioned above, this does not mean that you are \u201csick\u201d or \u201cbroken beyond help.\u201d What you should realize is that the self-inflicted behaviours are, or were, performed for a specific purpose: they help(ed) you cope with the child sexual abuse. Coping mechanisms allow us to get by from day to day; however, they may also pose a risk to physical or emotional health. At times the emotions that childhood sexual abuse triggers can lead the survivor to feel like they are \u201closing their mind.\u201d This is understandable and to be expected because the emotions that adult survivors have are the reaction to the abuse they endured during their childhood. The emotions experienced may be the only manner in which the abuse can be experienced symptomatically. Regarding emotions as a method in which to express the effects of abuse, may be of help for the adult survivor. As an adult survivor you can learn healthier behaviours to cope with the intense pain and stress that you may be feeling.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Counselling for child sexual abuse<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Everyone needs a safe environment in which they can connect with another individual and speak about their experiences. Speaking about past child sexual abuse with a <a title=\"Abuse Counselling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/addiction-counselling-london.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trained therapist <\/a>can help you to deal with unprocessed or unexpressed emotions associated with child sexual abuse that adult survivors often harbour. Working with a therapist can help adult survivors correct possible skewed perceptions they may hold about their abuse and properly process painful emotions and memories. If you are an adult survivor and want to talk to someone about it, you might opt for <strong><a title=\"Psychotherapy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\">Psychotherapy<\/a><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> or <\/span>Counselling.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is child sexual abuse (CSA), what are it&#8217;s long-term effects, and how can survivors of such abuse cope and create a meaningful future? Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a physically and emotionally destructive event that, unfortunately, happens all too often. CSA that is not properly addressed during one\u2019s childhood may have serious long-term psychological effects upon a survivor\u2019s life. Everyone needs a safe environment in which they can connect with another individual and speak about their experiences. Speaking about past CSA with a trained therapist will help you to deal with unprocessed or unexpressed emotions associated with CSA that adult survivors often harbour. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[50,71],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex-problems","tag-counselling-london","tag-ptsd-counselling-london","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Surviving Child Sexual Abuse as an Adult - The Effects and How To Cope<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is child sexual abuse (CSA), what are it&#039;s long-term effects, and how can survivors of such abuse cope in the future?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/child-sexual-abuse-counselling.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Surviving Child Sexual Abuse as an Adult\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is child sexual abuse (CSA), what are it&#039;s long-term effects, and how can survivors of such abuse cope in the future?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/child-sexual-abuse-counselling.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Harley Therapy\u2122 Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/harleytherapy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/harleytherapylondon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-03-22T11:18:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-04T12:53:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/childsexualabusecounselling.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"268\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sheri Jacobson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/drsherijacobson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HarleyTherapy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sheri Jacobson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/child-sexual-abuse-counselling.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/child-sexual-abuse-counselling.htm\",\"name\":\"Surviving Child Sexual Abuse as an Adult - 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