FATHER-DAUGHTER INCEST

Many women entering therapy will present a problem other than incest, with the past trauma partially or fully repressed. This places the responsibility on the therapist to be even more aware of issues for the incest victim. The therapist must become aware that control and autonomy are key issues concerning incest. The victim will be frightened away by a controlling therapist as he/she would be too similar to the incestuous abuser. The therapist must ensure trust and safety which is often difficult to do with an incest victim (O'Hare & Taylor, 1983; Westerlund, 1983).

A non-directive approach to therapy is needed. A confrontational approach may be perceived as attacking and may result in an overwhelming sense of fear and helplessness. These women are extremely sensitive to intrusiveness and they need to have their boundaries respected. At the same time they often have difficulty knowing when and how to prevent boundary violations (Westerlund, 1983).

Counselors need to recognize the intense pain that may

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opposed to the deliberate or planned interventions. The feminist perspective includes the understanding of the basic inequality of the gender arrangements between men and women in our culture. Herman and Hirschman (1977) also concluded that therapy alone is insufficient and that the women's liberation movement demonstrates that consciousness raising has been beneficial and empowering to women. Public revelation of ancient sexual secrets of women has greatly relieved the victim and they feel less lonely. Incest made public, begins to lose it's devastating power as women realize how common it is. Client-Centered Therapy Person or client-centered therapy was developed by Carl Rogers. This humanistic point of view placed responsibility for change on the client. Rogers perceived the personality as being shaped by how we view the present rather than unconscious forces or childhood experiences. Self-actualization is considered the major motivating force in a person. Rogers believed that conditional positive regard, from the mother-child relationship results in conditions of worth; unconditional positive regard is needed to thrive. Thus the therapist must provide an atmosphere of unconditional positive regard for the clien
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