Sexual Abuse Case Studies

ABSTRACT This case study will assess and explore how Janet’s past experiences with childhood sexual abuse, neglect from parental exposure to drug and alcohol addiction practices, have shaped the women that she has become and the struggles that she is currently facing with her own addiction to drugs and alcohol, multiple divorces with multiple children resulting from those divorces. There will be further exploration into Janet as a person physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Assessment of Janet strengths while teaching her techniques on how to deal weaknesses, problems and struggles as they arise. Additional, decisions will be on the results that Janet expects to see, along with a set timeframe for not only those results but
It was during this time that she was still processing the growth of her psychological needs of belongingness and love the inappropriate relationship that her uncle created between himself and Janet damaged Janet’s future intimate relationships and friends. “Women that experience childhood sexual abuse are at a greater risk of developing PTSD, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse,” (Rahm, Renck, & Ringsberg, 2012). Additionally, (Rahm, Renck, & Ringsberg, 2012) women or girls that do not report sexual abuse as child due so because they were abused by family, or close friends. Janet shows the lack of Maslow’s psychological need of self-esteem and accomplishment based on her childhood sexual abuse and her multiple divorces. Janet further shows that she has an inability to achieve long lasting intimate relationships based on her past experiences. Divorce can be structural damaging to a family emotional, mental, physically and financially. Divorce is more common in relationships where there are “cultural or ethnic differences, drug and alcohol abuse infidelity, poor communication, dishonesty, lack of respect, and personal intimate distance,” (Zandiyeh & Yousefi,
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Rahm, G., Renck, B., & Ringsberg, K. C. (2012). Psychological distress among women who were sexually abused as children. International Journal of Social Welfare, 22(3), 269-278. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2397.2012.00898.x.
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