Creation of Meaning in Incest Survivors

Creation of Meaning in Incest Survivors

This paper describes an integrated constructivist treatment for addressing creation of meaning issues in incest survivors. The treatment involves the reaccessing and reprocessing of emotional schemata. It is compared to a cognitive restructuring treatment which considers issues of meaning as faulty beliefs which must be corrected by logical analysis and replacement. A preliminary treatment study found a significant increase in meaning resolution in incest survivors who were offered the integrated treatment approach. No changes were found on self-esteem.

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health