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Imagine if you will an eight year old female client sitting quietly before you. Her body seems tense and rigid, and her eyes rarely look up at you. As her therapist you slowly discover that she has been the victim of sexual abuse. Her father has been forcing her to perform fallatio for the past two years. Disclosure of the incest occurred when the victim discovered that her father had begun to touch her younger …

…than the actual act of abuse per se. Research should definitely be conducted varying different modes of therapy in conjunction with family therapy. It has been often said that “psychology is not an exact science”, well neither are the minds of human beings. Let alone the thought processes of a young child who has been sexually abused. One should keep this in mind when wanting to standardize a solution for any kind of psychological disorder.