Skip to main content

A Life Sentence: How the Study of Ongoing Incest During Adulthood Informs Us About the Nature of Organised Abuse

To help ensure your CEs are relevant to your practice, we regularly retire courses that are no longer current. This course has been retired. It is no longer available.

We add new courses all the time. Try these categories:

About the Course

Ongoing incest during adulthood almost invariably incorporates one or more forms of organised sexual and other abuse – whether it be multi-generational familial sexual abuse, the involvement of groups of workmates and others associated with the father, organised child and adult prostitution, or groups of abusers associated with churches or cults. Assessment of the victims of such abuse indicates that all have Dissociative Identity Disorder and that in general they are more dissociative than those with DID whose abuse has largely ended. The manipulation of such victims by their abusers often incorporates psychological conditioning and the direct and knowing accessing of alter states, which extends to the planned creation of compliant alters. The fine-grained study of this form of abuse informs us about many of the psychological processes (on the part of both abusers and victims) that underly organised abuse.

This course is based on the recorded webinar, A Life Sentence: How the Study of Ongoing Incest During Adulthood Informs Us About the Nature of Organised Abuse created by Warwick Middleton, MB BS, FRANZCP, MD in 2018.

Publication Date:

October 14th, 2018

Course Material Author

Warwick Middleton, MB BS, FRANZCP, MD
Professor Middleton holds honorary appointments as Adjunct Professor, at the School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, at the School of Behavioural, Cognitive & Social Sciences, University of New England, and at the Psychology Department, College of Science, University of Canterbury. He is Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Queensland. Professor Middleton has made substantial and ongoing contributions to the trauma and bereavement literature and was the primary architect in establishing Australia's first inpatient/day hospital program for individuals with complex trauma/dissociative disorders in January 1997. He was the principal author of the first published series of individuals with DID to appear in the Australian scientific literature. He has had extensive involvement in teaching, including providing seminars and workshops as well as the supervision of health professionals. He chairs the Cannan Institute.

Warwick Middleton, MB BS, FRANZCP, MD authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

ISSTD Staff
These questions were created by staff and volunteers at ISSTD.

Recommended For:

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for intermediate levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Form an objective appreciation of the true scale of ongoing incestuous abuse during adulthood.
  2. Explain a working model that defines the psychological characteristics of both abusers and their victims and the true nature of the extent and duration of such abuse.
  3. Discuss ongoing incestuous abuse during adulthood provides a set of circumstances and psychological processes that informs us about the wider issues of organised abuse in general.

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty: ISSTD Staff

There are no relevant disclosures.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

Exam Questions

All exam questions for the course are visible on this page for members of CE-Credit.com.

Membership is free, and you can register today! You'll only pay when you're ready to purchase a course, or if you take advantage of the Unlimited Package.

If you're already a member, please sign in to see the exam questions for this and all other courses.

Discuss this course

You can share your thoughts about this course after you pass the exam.

Sign In or Register to get started.

FAQs

  • Is this course approved for my continuing education requirements?

    Yes, most likely. Look Up Your State Board for more detailed information. Logged-in site members will see the relevant approval information displayed in the Approvals tab for every course.

  • Do you have accommodations for my disability (ADA)?

    If you are having trouble using CE-Credit.com, please contact us! We would be happy to accommodate your needs right away, and your input will help us make CE-Credit.com more accessible for future users too.

  • How do I enroll in this course?

    Use the Enroll In This Course button and just follow the instructions! You don't pay anything until you're ready to take an exam.

  • What do I have to do to complete the course?

    To complete the course, review the course objectives, then review the material, and then pass the exam with a score of 75% or greater and lastly complete an evaluation.

  • How do I access the materials?

    Most of our courses are based on online articles available for free to the public. Some courses, such as those based on books, require that you purchase the material. Use the Materials tab above for more info. You don't need to enroll in the course to access materials, whether free or paid. So you always know what you're getting into before you commit to taking the exam.

  • How do I get my certificate?

    Your certificate(s) will be available to download or email immediately when you pass the course exam and complete the evaluation.

  • Can I contact you for more help?

    Yes! Use the Help widget at the bottom-right of the screen anywhere on CE-Credit.com to search our help docs, or to ask our support team for help. Unlike most of our competitors, CE-Credit.com has live US-based support reps to help you by email, chat, or phone.

Course Retired

Categorized in:

Course Number 102305
1.5 CE credit hour
Sign in for credit hours relevant to your credentials.

  • Recorded Webinar
Exam Fee $8.96
There's no exam fee with an Unlimited CE membership! Read More

Course Materials $45.00

20 members have taken this course

Try a free CE course.

Get started by trying a free course of your choice. No payment info required!

Sign Up Free

View all free trial courses

Happy therapist using CE-Credit.com