Sibling Abuse Trauma: Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Children, Families, and Adults. - book reviews

Adolescence,  Summer, 1999  

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CAFFARO, John V., & CONN-CAFFARO, Allison. New York: Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press, 1998. 303pp. $49.95 (h), $24.95 (p).

Usually, one of the first things therapists examine is the relationships their clients have with their parents, overlooking a significant environmental factor in trauma. This factor is the influence that one sibling can have on another sibling's development. Sibling Abuse Trauma enhances the reader's knowledge of assessment and clinical intervention strategies for treating intersibling abuse trauma in children, families, and adults. The book focuses not only on sibling incest, but also on sibling assault and psychological maltreatment through a survivor's perspective. Through empirical findings and clinical case illustrations, the reader is shown how sibling experience is an important part of development, making further research and education in this area imperative.

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