PSYC3338 Chapter Notes - Chapter NA: Cognitive Processing Therapy, Panic Disorder, Stress Management
Document Summary
Responded to community advertisement for victims of sexual assault. 26 years old at the time of assessment. Has 2 children and recently hired to work as a freelance worker. Started after cindy had ended an extramarital affair. During affair, had flashbacks of repeated rapes when she was 16. Feel as if the past were occurring all over again. Realized affair coincided with time of year of the rape, she cut off the affair. Raped 10 years ago buy a family friend. Been a virgin prior to the rape. Previous therapist made a big deal of her weed use. Father had ptsd - vietnam war vet. Relationship with brother damaged after rape by friend. Supportive mother - but a self-help fanatic. Told her mother about how mark would come onto her and her mother stopped the abuse. Mother told mark to leave cindy alone. After assault, cindy lied often and began drinking.
