This presentation will review the results of Amber’s doctoral dissertation, which was a qualitative research study with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The research was conducted with diverse participants including varying gender and sexual identities. Results include a gender analysis to show the differing experiences participants experienced across their gender identities. A theoretical model …
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Roundtable Discussion: Supporting Victims of Sexual Abuse
With all the #metoo situations being brought to light both within the Mormon faith community and the community at large, mental health providers from Symmetry Solutions will present some bullet-point strategies and then open the session for discussion in order to support victims/survivors of sexual trauma as well as family and friends who want to …
Sunstone 1991, 80: Child Sexual Abuse in the LDS Community
From the 1991 Summer Symposium in Salt Lake City Presentation: Child Sexual Abuse in the LDS Community Presenters: Marion Burrows Smith, co-founded, former executive director, Intermountain Sexual Abuse Treatment Center. Carlos Y. Robey, executive director, Intermountain Sexual Abuse Treatment Center; former director, Utah State Prison Residential Program for Sex Offenders. Brent D. Ward, senior vice-president and …
Understanding Sexual Abuse In Mormonism
This session will include three presentations on sexual abuse. Debra will examine how the topic is discussed in official LDS Church contexts. Lisa will talk about a new project that will connect survivors of abuse to resources and a new guide that will help survivors’ loved ones support those who have been abused. Nancy will …
Lds Sexual Abuse Survivors A Look Into The Healing Process
This presentation will review some studies about how religious communities can both help and hinder healing from sexual abuse. It will focus on apects specific to LDS survivors, and what the Church has done to address sexual assault victims. We will also discuss the LDS community’s unique culture and how it may impact the healing …
Riptide: A Fictionalized but Representative Account of Child Sexual Abuse in an LDS Family
Riptide: A Fictionalized but Representative Account of Child Sexual Abuse in an LDS Family I will discuss my recently published novel, Riptide, in which I confront the ways in which we–as parents, as Mormons, as church leaders–sometimes become collaborators in the destruction of children. The book explores moral responsibility in the face of flawed systems …
‘A BLIP HERE AND A BLIP THERE’: CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE CHURCH and REPORT FROM A CASE REPORTER: CHALLENGES AND CONSEQUENCES
‘A BLIP HERE AND A BLIP THERE’: CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE CHURCH and REPORT FROM A CASE REPORTER: CHALLENGES AND CONSEQUENCES Lavina Fielding Anderson
SACRIFICING THE CHILDREN: WHY THE CHURCH WON’T FIGHT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
SACRIFICING THE CHILDREN: WHY THE CHURCH WON’T FIGHT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE Janice Merrill Allred
Child Sexual Abuse in the LDS Community
Child Sexual Abuse in the LDS Community
Episode 7: Abuse and Healing in a Mormon Context
Trigger Warning: This episode focuses on ritual abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence. Lindsay Hansen Park interviews Amber Whitley and Teresa Edmunds on the topic of abuse and healing. Amber Whitley has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Utah. Her research focused on the healing process of sexual abuse survivors in the …