Child Molesters, Child Rapists, and Child Sexual Abuse: Why and How Sex Offenders Abuse: Child Molestation, Rape, and Incest Stories, Studies, and Mod, Paperback/Dr Lynn Daugherty

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Why would anyone sexually abuse a child? How does it happen Dr. Lynn Daugherty, clinical psychologist and award-winning author of the classic bestseller "Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Even if they are adults now)," addresses these difficult questions in "Child Molesters, Child Rapists, and Child Sexual Abuse." Clear explanations in easy-to-understand language, illustrated with stories from both victims and abusers, help you: Recognize circumstances that allow child sexual abuse to take place. Identify motivations of different types of sex offenders: regressed vs fixated child molesters, anger vs power vs sadistic child rapists, female abusers, adolescent abusers, sociopaths. Understand why and how someone could sexually abuse a child. Dr. Daugherty guides parents, former victims, mental health professionals new to the field, and the general public to understanding those who sexually abuse children with this concise new book. About the Author: Dr. Lynn Daugherty has been bringing hope and healing to former victims of child sexual abuse, and to their families, for more than twenty-five years. Treating children, adolescents, and adults who were victims of molestation, rape, and incest was the primary focus of Dr. Daugherty's New Mexico psychology practice, although she had previously worked extensively with sex offenders as director of a forensic evaluation team. Dr. Daugherty wrote her award-winning bestseller, "Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Even if they are adults now)," as a beginning self-help book for former abuse victims who want to understand more about child sexual abuse and begin changing its effects on their lives. It is available as an ebook and in paperback. "Voices of Survivors," containing selections from the longer book, presents stories of former victims, along with other basic information about child sexual abuse. These stories form an especially powerful part of the self-help book. They let former victims know they ar