| Sexual Abuse by Health Professionals: A Personal Search for Meaning and Healing Contributor(s): Penfold, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802042694 ISBN-13: 9780802042699 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $75.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1998 Annotation: This Book is a Personal Search in Two Voices, Both of Which are the author's. As a woman victim of sexual and emotional abuse by a psychiatrist, she uses the first part of each chapter to describe her own experiences. In the second part, she writes as a woman psychiatrist who is trying to discover the meaning of her own abuse and how to heal from it. Her journey includes having another, very different experience of therapy, listening to the stories of other survivors of abuse by health professionals, reading published accounts of such abuses, telling her story to professional and public audiences, being a member of a group dedicated to combatting sexual abuse by therapists, talking to colleagues who have treated victims of abuse by health professionals, culling ideas from the literature on trauma and abuse, and working with a few patients who are themselves survivors of abuse by health professionals. A powerful blend of the personal and the professional her book penetrates the 'conspiracy of silence' that still leaves victims far from getting the compassion, understanding, support, and financial and legal aid that they deserve. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Physician & Patient - Medical | Ethics - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.28" W x 9.38" (1.09 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The author of this book is a psychiatrist, and the survivor of sexual and emotional abuse by the psychiatrist who was her therapist. She employs two voices in the writing of her book: the first part of each chapter is a narration of her own experiences as a victim of abuse; the second part, an account of her journey as a psychiatrist towards understanding the meaning of the abuse and how to heal from it. Her journey includes having a second, very different, experience of therapy; listening to the stories of other survivors of abuse by health professionals; reading published accounts of such abuses; making her story public to professional and general audiences; being a member of a group dedicated to combating sexual abuse by therapists; talking to colleagues who have treated victims of abuse by health professionals; culling ideas from the literature on trauma and abuse; and treating patients who are themselves survivors of abuse by health professionals. Her book is a powerful blend of the personal and the professional that penetrates the 'conspiracy of silence' that still holds sway and prevents victims from getting the compassion, understanding, support, and financial and legal aid that they deserve. |
Contributor Bio(s): Penfold, Susan: - P. Susan Penfold is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia. |