Increased public awareness of the high incidence of sexual abuse of children is prompting re-examination of the psychological consequences of childhood sexual seduction. The conspiracy of silence, which insulates adult society against the terrifying discovery that large numbers of children are molested, exploited and raped, also affects child analysts. Furthermore, many of us have only limited experience with child sexual abuse and may fail to deal with or recognize the signs and symptoms if consulted for other reasons.

A child analysis workshop originally devoted to early psychic trauma and play disruption turned its attention exclusively to child sexual abuse as a form of trauma.