Creative Group Therapy for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Bonnie Meekums is a senior registered dance movement therapist and an accredited humanistic psychotherapist, registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy. She is currently lecturing in counselling for the University of Leeds and working as a freelance therapist, trainer and consultant.She sits on the general board of The Arts in Psychotherapy and holds office within the Association for Dance Movement Therapy on the Membership Registration Committee. Her previous posts have included dance therapist with East Leeds Family Service Unit and external examiner in dance movement therapy for the University of Hertfordshire.

This is a very well written and readable book balancing academic research and practitioner orientation. This balance is seen in the division of this book into two equal parts: "Theoretical Concerns" and "The Practice'. Indeed, Meekums says she had workers in mental health settings in mind when she wrote the book. This book is a good read, but is also much more an informative guide to practitioners interested in understanding more about the therapeutic issues related to sexually abused clients and also a useful resource for those who are looking to set up a group for survivors.

• Foreword by Anne Bannister. Part One: Theoretical Concerns. 1. Child Sexual Abuse: An Overview of the Literature. 2. Creative Approaches to Therapy: Art Therapy, Dance Movement Therapy and Dramatherapy. 3. A Creative Model for Recovery from CSA Trauma. Part Two: The Practice. 4. Setting Up the Group. 5. Beginnings. 6. The Middle Phase. 7. Endings. Appendix 1: The Research. Appendix 2: Reliability of Assessment in Relation to Outcome. Appendix 3: Useful Contacts. Appendix 4: Further Reading. References. Index.