Open AccessSexual abuse: a perversion of attachment?
Author(s) -
Arturo Ezquerro
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
group analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1461-717X
pISSN - 0533-3164
DOI - 10.1177/0533316418813435
Subject(s) - perversion , secrecy , denial , psychoanalytic theory , psychology , silence , perspective (graphical) , sexual abuse , attachment theory , psychoanalysis , criminology , psychotherapist , social psychology , poison control , suicide prevention , political science , law , aesthetics , medicine , artificial intelligence , computer science , environmental health , philosophy
This article provides a historical overview of sexual abuse theory (all in the mind?) within the development of psychoanalytic theory. It aims, from an attachment perspective, to increase awareness of the problem in psychotherapy and other institutions with a view to maximizing prevention and support for the survivors. The article challenges societal and institutional attitudes of secrecy, collusive silence, denial and lies, which perpetuate this relational crime.
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