Treating Secondary Victims: Intervention with the Nonoffending Mother in the Incest Family

Virginia C. Strand

Sep 2000 · SAGE Publications

About this ebook

This book builds upon a foundation of research literature on incest victims and their families as well as the author′s own clinical experience to provide a conceptual framework for intervention and treatment of the non-offending mother. Amply illustrated with case examples, the author, Virginia C. Strand, outlines a treatment model and gives suggestions for specific treatment strategies. Particular emphasis is paid to the context of the mother′s situation, and how such factors as social class, ethnicity, age, and education must be taken into consideration when treating these clients. In addition, Strand provides helpful guidance to the therapist whose client must deal with the multiplicity of systems that are involved with intervention, investigation, and prosecution of child abuse cases. This book is a much needed guide for therapists, case workers, and other service providers who work with both the children who are incest victims, as well as their families.

About the author

Dr. Virginia Strand, DSW is Professor and Founding Director of Children FIRST, a research and training institute within the Graduate School of Social Service. She currently has curriculum development, advisement and teaching responsibilities in the Doctoral Program, in the Clinical Practice concentration and in the Foundation area of the Masters of Social Work Program. Her research interests are in child welfare and children’s mental health and she has published most recently in the areas trauma assessment for children and transfer of learning programs for child welfare workforce development. Currently, she is PI representing Fordham on a new federal institutive, the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute.