Individual Therapy : How to Identify a Victim of Child Abuse

Child abuse victims often have trouble staying close or attached in relationships when they get older. Look for both physical and emotional signs of child abuse with tips from a licensed marriage and family therapist in this free video on individual therapy.

Expert: Patti German
Contact: www.pattigermancounseling.com
Bio: Patti German is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She has certification in marriage and family therapy (MFT) and has worked with the Penn Council for Relationships.
Filmmaker: Paul Muller

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[hinepare]

Some children have no choice but to be around their abusers eg/ parents - so it's not a given that the child/ren reject being near their abusers. Here's the other thing, as adults in abusive relationships -more often than not- we will stay in the abusive relationship in an effort to make it work & because we've become submissive; sometimes for years. It would be unrealistic to expect that children would not behave in this manner. Children learn from us adults - through our example.

[dminortheory]

Not informative at all.

[xobellalova4yaxo]

@ForgottenSoul700 Well sometimes we as adults do not always want to be around people for various reasons. But if they do have poor social skills there could be questions to be brought up. Sometimes this is a sign of child abuse, but it has to be linked with other signs and/or symptoms.

[xobellalova4yaxo]

Okay it is difficult, but there are ways that adults can disclose information about being abused as children. They will obviously have problems forming social relationships, family relationships, romantic relationships, job/school relationships and most importantly a feeling of self. It can get triggered by a similar experience, any kind of pressure (since adulthood is filled with its pressure varieties). This is not a very good explanation of how to identify a child who is being abused.

[euripideesshreds]

This chick is a bimbo. For an intelligent narrative on the topic go to The bomb in the brain part one right here on You Tube



[ForgottenSoul700]

Anyone can tell something is wrong when a child does not want to be around someone.