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Psychoanalytical psychotherapy
- Author:
- SINASON Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- Mencap News, 45, June 1994, p.16.
Describes how psychotherapy can help people with learning disabilities who are emotionally disturbed.
Mental handicap and the human condition: new approaches from the Tavistock
- Author:
- SINASON Valerie
- Publisher:
- Free Association Books
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 378p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental or multiple disabilities have handicapping effects and entail emotional suffering. This book focuses, from the perspective of psychoanalytical psychotherapy, on both processes in the individual.
Jenny speaks out
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, SINASON Valerie
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
Jenny has moved into a new home in the community, but she is very unhappy and unsettled. Things come to a head when her carer finds a photo of her father. Sensitively, the carer helps Jenny to feel secure enough to talk about why she is upset. Jenny discloses that she was sexually abused by her father. The story shows how the warmth and trust of her carer and friends begin a healing process which will bring hope and a fresh start for Jenny. This book may enable a person with learning disabilities or mental health problems to open up about their experience of sexual abuse. The second half of the book consists of supporting written text. There is background information on sexual abuse, including the necessity of gaining medical evidence if it is reported as a crime. Advice is given to dispel commonly held beliefs, such as “It happened to me because I’m bad” and “I can’t have sex again because I’m dirty”.
Psychotherapy, learning disabilities and trauma: new perspectives
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, SINASON Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, January 2000, pp.32-36.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Psychological therapies are rarely used in people with learning disabilities. Learning disability is often given as an exclusion criterion. This paper describes recent advances in understanding and practice within the learning disability field which have not received wider recognition within mainstream psychotherapy and psychiatry. The availability of different psychotherapeutic approaches is discussed.
Jenny speaks out
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, SINASON Valerie
- Publisher:
- St. George's Mental Health Library
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 58p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Booklet designed to enable a person with learning difficulties to open up about their experience of sexual abuse.
I can get through it
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, HORROCKS Christiana, SINASON Valerie
- Publishers:
- Gaskell, St. George's Hospital Medical School
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This picture book illustrates the story of a woman with learning disabilities whose life is suddenly disturbed by an act of sexual abuse. From enjoying herself with her friends, she turns into an angry, aggressive person. She throws food and crockery, wets the bed and tears her clothes off. She has nightmares and finds it hard to sleep. She cannot stop thinking about the man. No-one can understand what has happened until she meets a counsellor. Through weekly talking treatment she becomes able to show what has happened. Through the support of her home, friends and therapy she becomes able to speak, and slowly the painful memory of the man fades. In the end the woman is able to sleep again and wake up to enjoy a new day. This book is aimed at people with learning disabilities to help them deal with sexual abuse. The meaning of the story is clear from the pictures, but words are also provided at the end of the book for readers or carers who want a ready-made story. The book provides advice for carers on how to use the book together with the person they are supporting.
Bob tells all
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, SINASON Valerie, WEBB Beth
- Publisher:
- St. George's Mental Health Library
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 62p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Story book designed to help a person with learning difficulties to open up about his or her experience of sexual abuse.