Preface
The Issues Raised by Victimization
Introduction and Perspectives
Understanding Victimization
Helping Approaches
The Immediate Aftermath of Sexual Abuse
Posttraumatic Phases
Medical Intervention
Legal Intervention
Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Promoting Recovery
Emotional Aftereffects
Counseling Models
Individual Considerations
Appendix I: Types of Professional Counselors
Appendix II: The Victim Booklet
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index

A working guide to the treatment of survivors of sexual victimization, this book treats rape, incest, and harassment as related forms of sexual abuse. It reviews present literature on the long-term effects of sexual assault and considers the services and support that survivors require. Covering a wide range of issues and treatment approaches, focus is placed on the older adolescent and adult. The phases of recovery followng sexual abuse are described together with the type of assistance most appropriate at each phase. The authors provide numerous case studies and emphasize the individuality of both survivor and response. This guide should be used by both professional and layperson to help the sexually abused transcend feelings of victimization.
Rape, Incest, and Sexual Harassment discusses the issues raised by victimization. It then deals with the immediate aftermath of sexual abuse focusing on crisis intervention and advocacy with respect to emotional, medical, and legal needs. One section, devoted to counselors working with long-term effects on survivors, matches interventions to the individual client's needs and offers models for counseling frameworks. Special needs are also addressed. The book concludes with a look at the larger social problems associated with abuse and violence.

KATHRYN QUINA is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies and Coordinator of the Psychology Program at the College of Continuing Educaton at the University of Rhode Island. She is coeditor of Teaching a Psychology of People: Gender and Sociocultural Awareness (1988), which won the 1988 Association for Women in Psychology Distinguished Publication Award.
NANCY L. CARLSON is a licensed counseling psychologist with a Diplomate in Counseling Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. She has been the director of university mental health centers for over ten years, directing the Counseling and Career Services at the University of Rhode Island from 1978 to 1987. She is now in private practice in Portland, Maine. Together with colleague Hazel Temple, the authors wrote Sexual Assault and Harassment: Myths and Reality, a guide for the University of Rhode Island community, published and distributed to all students, faculty, and staff in 1981 and 1983.