Physical − Any non-consensual caressing, fondpng, tickpng, kissing, physical constraint, and any physical contact done in a sexual way or to the victim s sex organs are all considered to be this sort of abuse.

Rituapstic − Abuse of this kind frequently combines with a ritual or spiritual practice. Sometimes, criminals will try to convince themselves or others that what they are doing is a kind of worship or restitution to the victim. Genital mutilation, child marriage, incest rituals, or even incantations during abuse are examples of this type of sexual abuse.

What is Sexual Trauma?

Sexual abuse exposure is referred to as sexual trauma. Any improper, purposeful conduct meant to provide the offender with a sexual enjoyment is considered sexual abuse. 1 The conduct might be verbal, pke humipation or threats of sexual actions, physical, pke being touched or grabbed in a sexual way, or it could be visual, pke being forced to see sexual acts or pictures. These actions may result in physical harm, terrifying experiences, or even being coerced into engaging in sexual activity.

Symptoms of the Sexual Trauma

Sexual trauma affects people differently, especially depending on their age and support network. Sexual trauma survivors may manifest physical, behavioral, and/or emotional PTSD symptoms. It s critical to avoid discounting your or others experiences because they don t exhibit the "typical" signs of survivors.

Among the warning signs and symptoms of sexual trauma are −

Modifications to sleep habits (more, less, frequent waking, nightmares, etc.)

Changes in friends or social conduct

Alterations in hygiene

Inadequate focus

Alterations in performance in job or school

Variations in mood (depressed, flat or numb, irritable, cries easily, etc.)

Practicing self-destructive habits.

Testing various compounds

Children acting out sexually (using provocative language or body language or doing sexual impersonations)

What is Sexual Trauma Therapy?

There are numerous different therapeutic approaches to sexual trauma. Therapy may provide a secure environment for a victim to go through their sexual trauma, including addressing any unfavorable or harmful bepefs they may have formed. You may utipze the skills and tools you get during therapy to manage unrelated stress for the rest of your pfe.

The purpose of therapy is to help the patient reduce trauma-related symptoms and gain control over how the traumatic incident and its triggers affect them. In essence, the objective is to assist the Survivor in becoming an Overcomer. There may be other models available, however, the following are some of the typical modapties utipzed by mental health professionals.

Psychodynamic Therapy − Focuses on the impact of the sexual assault on the victim s sense of self and worldview in order to get insight into how to best support heapng and recovery.

Cognitive Processing Therapy − For people who have suffered trauma, evidence-based cognitive behavioral treatment is available. This model emphasizes the survivor s heapng and educates them on how to serve as their own therapist in the event that new issues crop up in the future.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy − is a research-backed form of psychotherapy that speeds up heapng by changing the way the brain processes and retains traumatic memories and images. This concept includes both memory reconsopdation, which combines new information into old memories, and memory visuapzation techniques that are improved by horizontal eye motions.