Häftad, Engelska, 2027
893 kr
Kommande
Sex trafficking is a hidden epidemic impacting millions of lives, yet most mental health professionals enter the field unprepared torecognize it, let alone treat it. Counseling Sex Trafficking Clients: A Guide to Competent Practice aims to close that dangerous gap.This is the book the profession has been missing: a comprehensive, research-based roadmap that walks counselors from firstencounter to lasting healing. The three-phase model of care enables readers to move beyond foundational knowledge, and into initial screening and safety planning, trauma processing, and the path toward flourishing. Written by leading counselor educators and clinicians who have devoted their careers to trauma work and training, this is the definitive guide for any mental health professional ready to provide truly competent, compassionate, and culturally responsive care to survivors of sex trafficking. Grounded in their own original research and clinical work, this book pairs rigorous research with survivor-informed case studies, practical assessment tools, and therapeutic strategies, translating complex trauma theory into clinical action. Dedicated chapters speak directly to counselor educators, clinical supervisors, and social justice advocates, while original appendices, including the authors' field-developed Child Sex Trafficking Competencies and an essential glossary of trafficking-specific terminology, make this an indispensable working reference, not just a one-time read. This important volume presents a comprehensive and empirically based manual for counselors to work with sex trafficking victims. Despite the alarming numbers of sex trafficking victims in the United States, professional counselors are underprepared to work with this population. This book touches on an important, yet neglected topic, and presents foundational knowledge for counselors to understand this phenomenon and differentiate it among other forms of abuse. This book is a practical manual that guides counselors on how to screen for sex trafficking, ensure safety among clients, facilitate their processing of trauma, and foster flourishing after their traumatic events.