Sexual & Emotional Abuse
BY KALI MUNRO, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2001 ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED It can take a long time for survivors to be able to say that they know for sure that they were sexually abused. Acknowledging that the abuse happened is an important step in...
Sexual & Emotional Abuse
BY KALI MUNRO, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2001 Many sexual abuse survivors struggle to have positive and enjoyable sex lives. It can be very hard to feel comfortable with and enjoy sex when you’ve been sexually abused. Even people who haven’t been sexually...
Sexual & Emotional Abuse
BY KALI MUNRO, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2000. Sexual abuse perpetrated by mothers on their daughters is an uncomfortable subject for many people. It defies everything we believe, or want to believe, about women and mothers. Most people don’t want to believe that...
Sexual & Emotional Abuse
BY KALI MUNRO, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2002 The reality that boys are sexually abused by women is not widely accepted. Some people view it as an impossible act – that a male can’t be sexually assaulted by a female – and others view it as sexually...
Sexual & Emotional Abuse
BY KALI MUNRO, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2004, 2012. Many sexual abuse survivors have trouble dealing with the fact that their body was sexually stimulated and felt aroused during the abuse. They may feel guilty and ashamed that they responded to the stimulation, and...
