ABSTRACT
Language is powerful. What we say, and how we say it, can have a huge impact on the people we are speaking to. By its very nature, trauma impacts language and the ability to communicate traumatic experiences. For those individuals affected by non-recent child sexual abuse, trauma is often held in a dissociated form, within the body, unformulated and without words. Conversations with those affected by such trauma require sensitivity to prevent re-traumatisation. This chapter considers the various factors which can facilitate or hinder such conversations.
