SEXUAL ABUSE

What’s Included:

 

Working with clients who have experienced sexual abuse requires sensitivity, clarity, and a strong trauma‑informed framework. This CPD Masterclass helps you understand the psychological, emotional and physiological impact of sexual abuse, how to work safely with trauma responses, and how to use hypnotherapeutic approaches that support stabilisation, recovery and long‑term healing. The course is designed to build your confidence, competence and comfort in an area many therapists feel unsure about.

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You’ll explore:

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• Background and terminology

Key definitions, language considerations and how sexual abuse is conceptualised within trauma frameworks.

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• Types of sexual abuse

Childhood sexual abuse, adult sexual assault, coercion, exploitation and complex or repeated trauma.

 

• Symptomology and impact

How sexual abuse affects the brain, body, emotions, relationships, identity and long‑term wellbeing.

 

• Trauma responses

Fight, flight, freeze, fawn, dissociation, shutdown and how these present in therapy.

 

• Related or overlapping conditions

PTSD, complex PTSD, anxiety, depression, dissociation, attachment difficulties and somatic symptoms.

 

• Psychological and emotional factors

Shame, guilt, self‑blame, trust issues, intimacy difficulties, identity disruption and relational patterns.

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• Children and young people

How sexual abuse presents in younger clients, safeguarding considerations and adapting approaches safely.

 

• Assessment and safety planning

Identifying risk, stabilisation needs, dissociation, triggers and readiness for deeper therapeutic work.

 

• Working with triggers and flashbacks

How to recognise, manage and reduce reactivity while maintaining emotional safety.

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• Boundaries and therapeutic relationship

Building trust, pacing the work, avoiding re‑traumatisation and maintaining clear professional boundaries.

 

• Treatment approaches

Overview of trauma‑informed therapeutic models and how they integrate with hypnotherapy.

 

• Hypnotherapeutic interventions

Techniques that support stabilisation, emotional regulation, reconnection, empowerment and post‑traumatic growth.

 

• Working with intimacy and sexuality

Supporting clients with sexual difficulties, avoidance, fear, body disconnection and relational challenges.

 

• Support networks

Key organisations, crisis services and specialist resources available to clients.

 

• Case studies

Realistic examples illustrating trauma presentations, stabilisation work, pacing, boundaries and therapeutic interventions.

 

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​Additional Info:

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CPD Hours: 15

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Cost: £125 (discount available to returning students)