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Therapists specialising in Child Abuse

Child abuse is the commission or omission of any acts that may put a child in danger.

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Abuse
As an umbrella term for a series of problems, abuse is infuriatingly vague. Abuse is an obviously pervasive problem in today’s society, even more so than many people may realize. Most clinicians deal with the variety of abuses by dividing them into categories and types. The most ...
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Abuse Trauma
Trauma that originates from abuse is similar to other types of trauma, but the effects can be longer lasting and sometimes more difficult to deal with. Even if the abuse occurs during childhood or adolescence, the after effects may carry on into adulthood. This is one of the reas...
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
Some people in the world may just be mean, using others for selfish purposes, but when that behavior is a cornerstone of life and begins to have a negative impact on a person's life, it may be a sign of antisocial personality disorder. The behavior exhibited is often criminal in ...
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Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behaviour Disorders
Attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders affect children in various negative ways, including constant bad behavior, tantrums, problems with authority figures and other forms of disruptive behaviours. Beyond the symptoms of these disorders, there are many other negativ...
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
There is quite a bit of information available - both good and bad - about attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder available, but it is still misunderstood by many people. This behavioral disorder affects a child's ability in one or more of the following ways - hyper-activity, im...
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Bullying
Commonly beginning during the early school years and continuing into high school and beyond, bullying is a problem that most children face at some point in their lives. With serious emotional fallout for both the bully and the person being bullied, this issue has been growing in ...
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Child Abuse
One of the most heartbreaking kinds of abuse is child abuse – the purposeful mistreatment of children. Like any other kind of abuse, it can be categorized into types of mistreatment, generally classified as physical, sexual, or emotional. In the United States, child abuse is defi...
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Child Neglect
More subtle and tricky to identify or even define than child abuse is the more common child neglect. Defined properly as the failure of a parent or guardian to safeguard a child’s emotional and physical health, the term can be broad and infuriatingly vague. Due to its varying deg...
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Childhood Trauma
Because children are still growing physically and developmentally, there are serious risks that can occur if traumatic or abusive events occur in a child's life. There are other reasons this problem may occur. Identifying childhood trauma early and seeking treatment is important ...
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Conduct Disorder
Conduct disorder can be described as chronic problems with behavior. Symptoms include substance abuse, criminal activity, anti-social behavior and other behavioral problems. The causes of conduct disorder range from child abuse to poverty to genetic defects. Whatever the cause, t...
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Hayley Daniels-Lake

Emotional Abuse - Why Is It So Damaging? by Hayley Daniels-Lake

Emotional abuse is the most common and most damaging kind of abuse but it is often down played, if you reach out for help, people will often wonder what all the fuss is about. People who have suffered physical or sexual abuse often report that it was the emotional abuse th...


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