Women seeking therapy who have experienced sexual harassment present special challenges to therapists. Therapeutic experiences with sexual harassment victims in individual and group settings are described and compared with data from sexual employment surveys and to other crime populations. Victims appeared to progress through stages of feelings including confusion! self-blame, fear I anxiety, depression!anger, and disillusionment. The stress of sexual harassment was also affected by a history of prior victimization and by the victim's involvement in a formal complaint process related to the harassment. The group setting was found to be more effective than individual treatment for coping with the specific effects of sexual harassment. Victims of sexual harassment differ from victims of crime: the primary effects of the harassment are on economic and career well-being; the secondary effects are on private relationships and physical well-being. The reverse is true for victims of crime.
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This article applies the models of achieved, ascribed and situational power to describe various forms of sexual harassment. Seven specific reasons for sexual harassment are discussed with specific proposals for effective employer responses to each type of harassment.
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