effects on her life as an adult. Moreover, I revealed my reflections on these revelations. For many years, I was estranged from my mother because of her abandonment of my family since I was eight years old. Even though she had tried to forge connections with me in the last three years, I had rejected her efforts because I was not aware of the underlying reason for her decision to leave my father and me. Our reconciliation finally occurred one year ago when she decided to reveal the truth of her past to my father who helped my mother and I get back together.
The latter half of this discussion then focused on how I could use my knowledge to help incest victims and survivors, as well as overcome my personal bias against sexual offenders of incestuous acts, as a future therapist. By applying my class readings to my mother's situation, I was able to reflect on my mother's experiences from the perspective of a therapist. The class readings on the different types of therapeutic approaches for treating incest vic
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