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Introduction
John V. Caffaro, Ph.D. is currently a Distinguished Professor at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP), Alliant International University as well as Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. He is also in private practice treating adult survivors of interpersonal trauma for more than 25 years. Research interests include: sibling violence and sexual abuse and adult survivors of childhood maltreatment.
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September 1992 - present
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- Professor (Full)
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- Distinguished Professor, engaged in research in areas of interpersonal trauma, sibling abuse, and group psychotherapy
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Publications (67)
Caffaro, J.V. (in press). Sexual Abuse of Siblings - The SAGE Handbook of Domestic Violence. UK: SAGE.
Sibling sexual abuse is a form of domestic violence whose widespread prevalence has been known for some time, but which has generated surprisingly little scholarly and clinical attention. It may also be the most prevalent, longest lasting form o...
Sibling sexual abuse is a far more common manifestation of family
violence than is often recognized. Researchers agree that it has received
less attention than other forms of child abuse trauma despite the fact that
good evidence suggests it is no less injurious than child sexual abuse
when a parent or other adult is the perpetrator. This paper des...
The present paper addresses the effects of sexual abuse trauma on the developmental process of identification. Childhood victims of family violence often experience profound character changes as adults. One primary adaptation utilized by survivors of sexual abuse trauma is termed identification with the aggressor.Both pathological and adaptive mani...
Society's awareness of sibling incest and assault, and its response, has lagged behind other child abuse issues and concerns. In comparison with parent–child abuse, intersibling abuse is generally underreported by parents, teachers, mental health professionals, and the community. Child Protective Services and the legal system are reluctant to accep...
Society’s awareness of sibling violence and sexual abuse, and its response, has lagged behind other child abuse issues and concerns. In comparison with parent–child abuse, sibling abuse is generally underreported by parents, teachers, mental health professionals, and communities. Researchers agree that it has received less attention than other form...
Content will include risk and protection for sibling abuse survivors, offenders, and families, assessment concerns, impact of family size, culture and gender composition on abusive sibling interactions in families, and more.
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The nature and quality of coleader relationships in group psychotherapy have been the subjects of numerous investigations. Coleader rupture and repair, however, remain understudied in the group psychotherapy literature. Coleader ruptures vary in intensity, from relatively minor tensions, of which one or both group leaders may be only dimly aware, t...
The nature and quality of coleader relationships in group psychotherapy have been the subjects of numerous investigations. Coleader rupture and repair, however, remain understudied in the group psychotherapy literature. Coleader ruptures vary in intensity, from relatively minor tensions, of which one or both group leaders may be only dimly aware, t...
Bowlby developed attachment theory to highlight the different patterns of behaviour prevalent between parents and their children to draw attention to the vulnerable position within society that children naturally assume. Since then, another important piece of family work, the sibling relationship, has gradually but surely begun to draw attention. S...
Traditional group therapy often does not directly address how group leaders can work with
oppression and marginalization that occurs between group members. Many group psychotherapists
believe that attention to social justice concerns is not within their roles as
group leaders and, consequently, may not address issues of member oppression and
margin...
This special issue of IJGP celebrates the 75th anniversary of the founding of AGPA in 1942. We asked clinicians representing 18 group therapy models to apply their knowledge of the model to a clinical vignette. Their responses to the eight questions were often illuminating. The depth and breadth of contributions to this anniversary issue celebrate...
This books describes an integrative, strengths-based approach to individual and family psychotherapy guided by the effects of abuse trauma on the development of sibling relationships.
This book describes an integrative, strengths-based approach to individual and family psychotherapy guided by the effects of abuse trauma on the development of sibling relationships. It fills a void in the training and education of family violence professionals and validates sibling experiences as an important part of human development. The second...
Religion has long been considered a crucial variable in marriage and family therapy research. Until recently, however, research on religious differences has not been specifically applied to clinical practice with interfaith couples. The importance of the rise in Fundamentalist values and their effects on interfaith couples has received far less att...
This article describes sibling-informed group intervention with the staff of a residential facility providing care for families with children suffering from critical illness. Staff members at the facility were given the opportunity to engage in exploring feelings associated with the death of a child in an attempt to grasp its meaning for their live...
Workshop presented at the 5th European Congress on Violence in
Clinical Psychiatry
Reviews "House of Flying Daggers" (HFD), directed by Zhang Yimou. The reviewer argues that one purpose of film is to pass on ideas about culture and where it is headed. Although this film is set in ancient China, it reflects the contemporary Chinese conception rather than the traditional attitudes. In his previous films, Yimou offers a scathing cri...
The role of sibling dynamics in group psychotherapy has received relatively little attention in the literature. Our clinical experience suggests that sibling issues regularly arise in the practice of group psychotherapy. This article provides an integrative view of sibling relationships from a family systems and self psychology orientation to group...
This document describes a program at the California School of Professional Psychology-Los Angeles that provides a three-semester sequence of group therapy courses to counseling students. In the students' final year, they are required to take an advanced clinical course titled Advanced Group Process. The course synthesizes didactic methods for teach...
The art.icles which are printed under the heading, "Professional Exchange" represent the views and opinions of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the attitudes or opinions of the Califomia Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Some articles are printed to sdmulate thought, and in some cases, to arouse controversy. We print these ar...
A comparison and coordination of the need for special levels of focused awareness in both Gestalt therapy and professional acting. Artful awareness and centering on the immediate aspects of patient/therapist interaction are explored.
Thesis (M.A.)--United States International University, San Diego Campus, 1976. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-41).
