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- Title: Sexual Assault Counsellors' Experiences of Working with People Living with Multiplicity (Research Forum) (Report)
- Author : Women in Welfare Education
- Release Date : January 01, 1998
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 205 KB
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I first encountered the concept of multiplicity in my work approximately four years ago. Despite my familiarity with dissociation, I had never before (knowingly) met anyone living with multiplicity. I then consulted the available literature on multiplicity and discovered that it was overwhelmingly psychiatrically based. However there is also a substantial amount of literature that suggests that physical, emotional, and in particular sexual abuse, are precipitating factors in the emergence of multiplicity (Kluft 1985; Bliss 1986; Gil 1988; Fleming 1989; Putman 1989; Brown and Anderson 1991; Dunn 1992; Gelb 1992; Halpern 1992; Jackson 1992; Murray 1993; Bloom 1995; Dorahy 1996). More specifically, incest is noted as a predominant feature in the history of adults living with multiplicity (Sgroi 1982; Blake-White & Kline 1985; Briggs 1986; Herman, Russell and Trocki 1986; Ross 1989; Gil 1990; Brown & Anderson 1991; Marmer 1991). Therefore if one is to accept the aetiology of multiplicity as severe childhood trauma, especially sexual abuse, the absence of the voices of sexual assault counsellors become glaringly apparent. For this reason, together with my personal interest in the area, I was curious to explore the experiences of sexual assault counsellors who have, or had, worked with people living with multiplicity.