The Problem with the Sexualization of Girls and 3 Tips to Help Your Girls Love Their Body
The Sexualization of females often begins when they are babies. This sexualization can, and often does, have the lasting impacts of making girls and women feel a lot of shame around their bodies and fear of men. Sexualization is not the same as sexual abuse, where someone is forcing/coercing a child (or someone whose considerably…
Read MoreHow Child Sexual Abuse Impacts the Developing Brain and the 6 Steps You Can Take To Help Your Teen Heal From Sexual Abuse
How Child Sexual Abuse Impacts the Developing Brain (part 4 in a 5 part series) Child sexual abuse doesn’t only impact your child when it happens but can impact her into her teen years. Often times as children enter puberty old symptoms and behaviors begin to re-emerge, even if the child has had therapy before.…
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Out of Network Benefits Form Jesica Lang, LMFT lic #87402 415-496-6792 Instructions: This is a worksheet to help you determine if your insurance will reimburse you for seeing a therapist who is out-of-network. 1) Check the back of your card and call your insurance company. Here are some questions you can ask your provider: A)…
Read MoreHow Child Sexual Abuse Impacts the Developing Brain During Middle Childhood (ages 6-12 years old)
How Child Sexual Abuse Impacts the Developing Brain During Middle Childhood (ages 6-12 years old) (part 3 in a 5 part series) Children who have been sexually abused are typically abused by someone they know. Whether it’s a parent, grandparent, babysitter, family friend or someone else close to the family, this type of trauma has…
Read MoreGrooming Behaviors That Online Predators Use and 3 Steps You Can Take To Protect Your Child or Teen
Predators use manipulation in order to gain the trust of their targets. These manipulation tactics are globally known as grooming behaviors. Grooming behaviors are designed to make the target of the abuse feel “special”, build trust, and have access to the target fairly easily. Most people who sexually abuse children, use children that they know…
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