Written by a rape survivor for aspiring and qualified psychologists.
We need to break the silence around sexual violence.
We know sexual violence destroys lives, but how?
By the end of this fascinating, insightful and easy-to-understand book, you'll learn:
How common is sexual violence?
How does sexual violence destroy lives?
How does sexual violence negatively impact mental health?
Why do men and women commit sexual offences? How to support survivors of sexual violence? And so much more.
This engaging, fascinating psychology book on sexual violence written by rape survivor and internationally bestselling author Connor Whiteley GMBPsS provides readers with an in-depth, shocking look at the impacts of sexual violence, how to help survivors and how we can end sexual violence once and for all.
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Breaking The Silence Content IncludesIntroduction
Part One: Sexual Violence
What Are the Facts and Figures for Sexual Violence on University and College Campuses?
Why An Erection Isn't Consent
5 Harmful Myths About Child Sexual Abuse
The Effects of Sexual Assault
Group Identities and Problematic Names of Sexual Assault and Rape Services
Update On Use of Inclusive Language in Mental Health Services
What Is Intent to Survive?
What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
What Is Coercive Control?
What Is Disempowerment in Mental Health? And Some Lived Experience
What Might Disempowerment Look Like in Response to Trauma?
You Only Know So Much Without Lived Experience
Why Shouldn't You Invalidate Your Traumatic Experiences?
How Are Sexual Assault, Self-Harm and Suicide Connected?
How Does Trauma Affect the Heart?
How To Stop Teenage Dating Violence?
How To Manage the Aftermath of Sexual Assault?
What Is the Neurological Impact of Sexual Assault?
What Makes a Psychologist Trauma-Informed?
Triggers Can Come from Anywhere
A Weird Situation, Being Not Defensive and Not Judgemental
Why Having Evening Appointments Is Amazing?
What Happens During a Counselling Assessment?
Thoughts On the Gap Between Booking the Appointment and The Counselling Assessment
What's It Like to Experience a Major Depressive Episode?
What To Do When Depression Makes It Impossible to Get Out of Bed?
How To Be a Trauma-Informed Partner?
How To Help a Teenage Sexual Assault Survivor?
What Issues Create Barriers for Abused Men?
Why Is It Difficult to Recognise Domestic Violence Against Men?
How To Build Resilience After Trauma?
What Is Rape Grief?
Part Two: Anxiety Disorders
What Is Panic Disorder and Anxiety Disorders?
Introduction To Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
CBT For Anxiety Disorders
Exposure Therapy
Part Three: Female Sexual Offending
Introduction To Female Sexual Abuse of Children
Why Do Girls Commit Sexual Offences?
What Happens When Female Predators Sexually Assault Male Victims?
Part Four: Therapies
What Is EMDR?
And more...
By:
Connor Whiteley Imprint: CGD Publishing Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 127mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 599g ISBN:9781917722759 ISBN 10: 1917722753 Series:Introductory Pages: 478 Publication Date:30 August 2025 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
