One of the challenges to working with children in a clinical setting is that they are rarely strong enough to overcome the environmental press created by the family dynamics they are being raised within. In society today their is a movement away from accountability in general, and many times when a child therapist wants to address the environment that children are being raised within, the parents scream “FOUL BALL” and claim that they are being blamed for the bad behavior of their children. Read the rest of this entry »

Emotional deprivation is another common element in the manifestation of incest within a family. Emotional deprivation is common when the attention of the caregiver is focused away from the immediate welfare of the children or family. An example of this might well be the addict, that put’s their need for a drink or a substance above the welfare or emotional needs of their family members. Another posture of this dynamic is the caregiver or parent that engages in sexual behavior with a child to meet their needs for sexual gratification and attachment. Read the rest of this entry »

Dr. Jeffrey Young has laid out a system to explain the distortions created in a family this intergenerational transmission is active. Incest is just one possible problem that can emerge as a result of these destructive family patterns. The following text offers a possible explanation to how this dynamic contributes to the emergence of incest and how it becomes a family dynamic that is frequently handed down in a family. Read the rest of this entry »

*Traumagenic: Cause of trauma by means of effecting or conveying something.

What a horrifically challenging experience for a family to deal with! Someone who is loved in a family has violated someone else within the family and now the consequences of incest are descending which adds weight to an already over-stressed family system. Read the rest of this entry »