By Silvia Farag, MSW, LSW, PsyD Candidate Today is the third post in a five-part series I’m sharing on sexual abuse. I’m honored to have an expert clinician in the field share her knowledge and experience on the topic of child sexual abuse for several posts in this series. I’m also honored that she’s a friend and my sister in Christ. You can read her first post in the series, Talking to My Children About Child Sexual Abuse, here, and her second post in the series, Parents Pre

By Silvia Farag, MSW, LSW, PsyD Candidate It’s hard to accept, but child sexual abuse happens in every community. Prosecuting these crimes means that kids have to disclose the details of what happened to them, and it’s easier for them to do so when their caregivers can read the signs and are prepared to listen and intervene. Parents have a huge role in this. In my last post I talked about what led me to talk to my own children about sexuality and child sexual abuse, with exam

By Silvia Farag, MSW, LSW, PsyD Candidate I left my lofty corporate job to begin a career in Social Work. I took a position with the state in Child Protective Services and was learning on the job. What a way to start a career in Social Work. I am pretty certain that not having children of my own quelled the pain of some of the most horrific allegations of abuse and neglect I encountered. I was able to push through the most difficult days of investigating child abuse with the