The authors have developed the Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) program for the parents with sexually abused child. The aim of this program is to reduce the parents' stress and to learn the sufficient coping strategies that let the parents help the sexually abused child.
CBT for the parents consists of three components which include training of coping skills , gradual exposure and parenting skill. The initial component is training of coping skills to express and change parents' own emotions and negative thoughts, to cope and manage their own stress and to provide the general information on sexually abused child. The second component is gradual exposure. Gradual exposure helps parents confront and cope with discussion about the abuse and train parents for the skills of talking with their children directly about the abuse. If parents have a personal history of the abuse, it is recommended that parents deal on their history. The third component focuses on parenting skill that may be used in managing behavioral problems, particularly any problems that may develop in response to the abuse. and it includes training regarding how to present sex education in proportion to the age and personal safety skills information to the child