Recent Mental Health Blog | Sexual Harassment and Assault PostsWhen Outing Your Father for Child Rape Breaks Up Your Familyby Beth McHugh27 Jul 2008 03:57 PMSadly fathers do rape their own children and sometimes they even rape their infant children. They can even rape several daughters over a period of years. Although this is a crime involving a prison sentence, many perpetrators go undisclosed. Sexual Assault: Denying Your Anger at the Perpetratorby Beth McHugh26 Jul 2008 06:53 PMOne would expect that when a person has been sexually assaulted, the victim of the crime would be extremely angry at the perpetrator. But the act of sexual assault has such a profound effect on a person that what one might expect should happen, doesn't necessarily happen that way at all. Anger and Sexual Abuse (4)by Beth McHugh05 Jun 2008 05:50 PMIn Anger and Sexual Abuse (3), we looked at how 35-year-old Jenna had been sexually abused by her stepfather as a child and was now taking out her rage at this injustice on the world at large. She had just lost her job as a lawyer and had come for counseling. Anger and Sexual Abuse (3)by Beth McHugh28 May 2008 04:23 PMSo far in this series on the anger associated with sexual abuse, we have covered the areas of guilt and internalized anger. Today we will examine the phenomena of "anger at the world", a behavioral trait that is often exhibited by victims of sexual abuse. Anger and Sexual Abuse (2)by Beth McHugh22 May 2008 06:10 PMIn Anger and Sexual Abuse (1) we looked at the role of guilt and anger in keeping victims of sexual abuse caught in a twilight world of unrelenting personal pain and anguish. Today we will focus more on the anger itself. Anger and Sexual Abuse (1)by Beth McHugh21 May 2008 02:12 AMIn The Guilt of Sexual Abuse we looked at the issue of guilt and how it is such a common phenomena as to be almost expected after an incident of sexual assault. Today we will look at the anger associated with this insidious crime. Anger and guilt are the flip sides of the coin of sexual abuse. Sexual Assault Victims Protecting Othersby Beth McHugh03 Nov 2007 11:03 PMI read in the weekend paper about a 45-year-old woman who had been repeatedly molested by a minister when she was a small girl. As an adult she reported the matter to the relevant church. It was covered up. Nothing was done about it. Yet this woman hesitated to go to the police. The Guilt of Sexual Assaultby Beth McHugh28 Oct 2007 06:03 PMI don't think I have ever encountered a client with a history of sexual assault who has not had issues with guilt. Whether the assault happened during the adult years or in childhood, the specter of guilt is never far from the surface. Coping with Sexual Harassment and Assault (4)by Beth McHugh13 Jul 2006 05:55 PMJane was a victim of date rape. Sian was sexually assaulted by her boss. Both women suffered enormously from their ordeal, but the way in which they dealt with the event differed in one significant way. Coping with Sexual Harassment and Assault (3)by Beth McHugh13 Jul 2006 04:21 PMLast blog, we looked at many of the emotions that a person encounters after a sexual assault. Guilt, anger, denial, a feeling of contamination, anxiety, depression: all combine to make the post-assault period a very stressful time. Recent Blog Comments Grizelda says... "This is really a great blog, Beth." In When a Therapist Fails to Diagnose Narcissistic Personality Disorder in the Extended Family Beth McHugh says... "Hi inpain for them, as the children are quite old and able to understand adult concepts, you may wish to consider having family therapy." |
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