Sexual Violence, Rape and Me: A Personal, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology Guide To Sexual Violence and Rape
About this ebook
Sexual violence explores the destructive impact rape has on mental health, how to heal from sexual trauma and how rape impacts every facet of your life. If you're searching for a resource to understand more about sexual violence, Sexual Violence, Rape and Me can help. This book guides you towards understanding how rape impacts people, how sexual violence destroys lives and how you can heal after sexual trauma.
This engaging, fascinating book helps you to learn the important facts about sexual trauma recovery, how to empower yourself and most importantly, how to thrive after sexual violence.
This easy-to-understand collection includes:
· Breaking The Silence -a fascinating, insightful comprehensive book covering the clinical psychology and forensic psychology of rape, sexual assault and its associated negative mental health impacts.
· I am Not a Victim, I Am a Survivor- Connor guides you on a deeply personal journey investigating the horrific first five months after the awful aftermath of his rape.
· Healing as a Survivor- Connor takes you on a healing journey through his own specialist rape counselling including techniques and strategies to help you manage your emotions, your mental health and your life whilst you heal from sexual trauma.
If you want to improve your understanding of healing, surviving and thriving after sexual violence then look no further. This is the book for you.
Sexual Violence, Rape and Me Includes
Breaking The Silence Content Includes
Introduction
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?
What Is Person-Centred Therapy?
What Is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?
What Is Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?
What Is Cognitive Processing Therapy?
Part Five: Wrap Up
How Do We Take Action to End Sexual Violence?
Conclusion
I Am Not A Victim, I Am A Survivor Content Includes
Introduction
What Are Some Self-Soothing Strategies?
The Effects of Sexual Assault
Group Identities and Problematic Names of Rape and Sexual Assault Services
Why Isn’t an Erection Consent?
Triggers Can Come from Anywhere
What Is Intent to Survive?
How Can Sexual Violence Impact Your Sexuality and Attraction and a Possible Way Forward
Accepting The Weirdness of Triggers
Remember And Focus on The Good Times
You Have the Right to Make a Choice
Guilt As a Sexual Violence Survivor
Trying To Live Your Life as Much as Possible After Sexual Violence
If You Can’t Make Decisions, That’s A Normal Trauma Response
Thoughts On Virginity Loss After Sexual Violence
Dealing With Existing Friendships After Sexual Violence
Making New Friends After Sexual Violence
Why Didn’t I Report My Sexual Assault?
You Have the Right to Be Vulnerable and Confused
How Does Sexual Violence Impact Employability and Personal Finances?
If You Don’t Deal with Trauma, It Will Deal with You
How To Change Negative Self-Talk to Positive Self-Talk After Sexual Violence?
What Is Disempowerment in Mental Health?
What Does Disempowerment Look Like After Sexual Trauma?
Accepting Your Mental Health and Trauma Response for What They Are
Appreciating The True Power of Social Networks
Enjoy The Good Times
My Experience of Revealing My Rape to The Workplace
The Great Collapse of My Mental Health and Always Read Trigger Warnings
What Is It Like to Experience a Major Depressive Episode?
What Is Rape Grief?
Healing As A Survivor Content Includes
Introduction
Meeting The Therapists, Contracts and More: Lessons from a Great First Session
What Are Some Self-Soothing Strategies?
What Is Person-Centred Therapy?
Window Of Tolerance, Social Scripts and Child Trauma Healing: Lessons Learnt from a Second Session
What Is Window of Tolerance?
How To Heal from Family Trauma by Setting Boundaries?
What Are Social Scripts to Help Set Family Boundaries After Trauma?
Start Of an Eating Disorder, Feeling the Fear but Embrace, Discover Who You Are: Lessons from A Fourth Session
How To Survive a Major Depressive Episode?
What To Do When Depression Makes It Impossible to Get to Out of Bed?
Sometimes It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better: Lessons from Fifth Session of Rape Counselling
How Should Therapists React After a Suicide Revelation?
Great Healing Moment, A Brilliant Session, Things Are Looking Up: Lessons Learnt from Session Six
What Is the Three Stage Trauma Recovery Model?
Intense Two Weeks, Heartbreak at Home and PTSD Is Not Fun: Lessons from a Seventh Session
Self-Compassion, Adjusting to A New Reality and Learning to Recognise Abuse: Lessons Learnt from Session Eight
What Is Coercive Control?
What Is Gaslighting?
Excited For New Things, Going to Let Boundaries Down (You’re Human) And Thinking About Endings: Lessons Learnt from Session Nine
Friendships, Distress, Trauma: Lessons Learnt from Session 10
Hope, Healing and Excitement: Conclusions from a Final Counselling Session
About the author
Connor Whiteley is the author of over 100 books in the science fiction, fantasy, nonfiction psychology and many more genres! He has sold short stories to magazines like the Hugo-Nominated Pulphouse Fiction Magazine and have received an Honourable Mention from Writers of The Future.
He is the writer of internationally bestselling fiction like his Bettie English Private Eye Mysteries, Agents Of The Emperor Science Fiction Stories and more.
Connor is a passionate reader, psychology student and author offering weekly book recommendations on his Fiction Author Facebook and Instagram pages.
He hosts The Psychology World Podcast and studies Psychology at the University of Kent, England.
Also, he was a former Explorer Scout where he gave a speech to the Maltese President in August 2018 and he attended Prince Charles’ 70th Birthday Party at Buckingham Palace in May 2018.
Plus, he is a self-confessed coffee lover!
