Karen Zilberstein writes in her article "Neurocognitive Considerations in the Treatment of Attachment and Complex Trauma in Children" that "In addition to more normative treatments for attachment and trauma, numerous repetitions of positive relationships and rhythmic activities (e.g. dancing, drumming, movement, massage, EMDR) are needed to stimulate and reorganize brain systems implicated in emotional regulation.? ... Some of these breaking techniques include assigning the child meaningless repetitive chores (such as moving books across the room from one side to the other, then...

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Sexual abuse of children is currently recognized as a serious problem with long-time effects on both the children and the adult survivor. Child sexual abuse is reported up to 80,000 times a year, but the number of unreported is far greater because children are afraid to tell anyone what has happene...

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The problem of battered women has only come into the limelight in the past few years, its progression toward public awareness paralleling the growth of the women's movement. Historically, there has never been any public outcry against the brutality of battered women. But now we are learning the problem is far more pervasive and terrible than it was ever thought to be and that the myths which had previously rationalized why such violence occurred between men and women who supposedly loved each other are untrue. Every minute in the United States, four women are beaten by a significant ...

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"Sexual Violence- While the crimes of "rape- and "incest- have been on the statute books for hundreds of years, it was not until the 1970s that "sexual violence- was more fully explored and developed as a concept. ...

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