Sibling Sexual Abuse: A Parent’s Guide to Finding Help for Your Son
Sibling Sexual Abuse:A Parent’s Guide to Finding Help for Your Son Did you just find out that your child has sexually abused a sibling, family member, or another child? This is a nightmare scenario for any parent and one that no parent is prepared to handle on their own. In this episode, therapist Tiffany Silva…
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Reporting COCSA & Sibling Sexual Abuse: What Parents Should Know
Reporting Child-on-Child (COCSA) & Sibling Sexual Abuse: What Parents Should Know Did you discover that your child sexually abused a sibling, family member, or another child? This is a nightmare scenario for any parent and one that no parent is prepared to handle independently. In this episode, therapist Tiffany Silva Herlin, LCSW, and Shawn Brooks,…
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Why Is Your Teen Sexually Acting Out? A Parent’s Guide to Sexually Inappropriate Behavior in Teenagers
Why Is Your Teen Sexually Acting Out Did you just find out that your child has sexually abused a sibling, family member, or another child? This is a nightmare scenario for any parent and one that no parent is prepared to handle on their own. In this episode, therapist Tiffany Silva Herlin, LCSW, and Shawn…
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COCSA: What to Do When Your Teen Has Sexually Abused Another Child
What to Do When Your Teen Has Sexually Abused Another Child Did you just find out that your child has sexually abused a sibling, family member, or another child? This is a nightmare scenario for any parent and one that no parent is prepared to handle on their own. Below is a transcript of a…
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The Usefulness of Sand Tray Therapy
How do you put into words about the abuse that you experienced yourself? What would you say to someone that you had sexually abused? How would you tell someone else what you had done?? The young men who come to Oxbow Academy have to confront these questions. Sand tray therapy is one therapeutic technique that…
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3 Tips for Talking to Your Teen about Porn
The best time to talk to your teen about sex is before you think there is a problem. While you might not relish the thought of talking with your teen about sex, you can be sure that your teen is getting his information about sex from somewhere. Teens are curious about sex. They have questions.…
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What Are They Thinking? Distorted Thought Patterns of Sex Addicts
What Are They Thinking? Distorted Thought Patterns of Sex Addicts Distorted Thought Patterns Toxic core beliefs that are common among sex addicts makes forming healthy relationships a challenge. In addition to these beliefs, many addicts endure thought patterns that further distance them from reality. This pattern includes four distinct phases. Generally, these phases repeat in…
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Will I chose to be a victim, survivor, or thriver today?
Life often brings many situations that prove to be challenging. Often times people find themselves “stuck” in a difficult reality. We all come from different backgrounds, cultures, beliefs and life experiences; however, one thing that we all know is true, is that we all experience struggles in life. No one is immune. The teens with…
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Is Sexual Addiction Real?
It’s 3:00am. He not only has school in the morning but mid-term exams. He needs to do better this time. His grades have been suffering lately and his parents are frustrated. He and his parents have been fighting a lot and he even heard his mom talking to his grandma about it. His grandma was…
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