Question Description: One in 6 females and one in 33 males have experienced some form of sexual trauma in their lives (RAINN, 2009). Many who seek treatment present with issues unrelated to sexual trauma. Given the high percentage of sexual trauma survivors, it is very likely that you will encounter clients with such a history during your career, regardless of your specialization. Therefore, it is important to familiarize yourself with a sexual trauma framework and skills specific to working with this population. While sexual trauma mostly occurs on an individual level, it also can have a significant impact on the family system. As a practitioner, you may intervene with the individual survivor, the parent(s) of a child who has been sexually abused, the spouse of a rape survivor, and/or the family system as a whole.
For this Discussion, select two types of sexual trauma from the readings this week and think about two interventions you might use for each and why.
By Day 4
Post a brief description of two types of sexual trauma. Then, describe two interventions you might use for each, and explain why you would select these interventions.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources.
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Military sexual trauma (MST) resulting from MSA is a major type of sexual trauma among war veterans. MST involves sexual harassment to a victim while in the military across different gender groups. The threat is highest among females, with a prevalence of 42% compared to 12.5% in males. Combined with the impact of combat exposure, MST results in major physical and mental health concerns, especially PTSD (Gross et al., 2019). Victims of MST have higher levels of PTSD symptoms than those exposed in combat only.
