INTRODUCTION
On October 21, 2014, a former McHenry County Sheriff’s Officer Gregory Pyle was sentenced 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual abuse on a 12-year-old boy. Pyle sexually abused the 12-year-old for multiple years, both at Pyles home and at a hotel in Wisconsin in 2008. Pyle also shot a video of the sexual abuse and shared it online with others. For over five years, Pyle was entrusted with the efforts of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office to protect children from exploitation and abuse. When he knew that he was under investigation, Pyle successfully obstructed investigators determining the full scope of his criminal conduct. Because of the sexual abuse that this 12-year-old suffered, he now displays anger, depression, abandonment issues, and suicidal thoughts to cope with the sexual abuse. (Marrazzo, 2014).
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The key to emotional self-care is being in tune with yourself (Rainn, 2016). Counseling can be a healthy resource for children to cope with their abuse. This could mean seeing a psychologist, social worker, therapist, or speaking to someone that they can trust and/or confide in. Discussing the abuse and expressing feelings about the abuse can sometimes be the best gateway for children to cope. Positive affirmations are a form of emotional self-care that is used for the child to reprogram their subconscious mind, which has been undoubtedly affected by the abusive actions that they have undergone, they must literally reprogram their brain and minimize the negative, destructive automatic thoughts that may arise in their daily lives. These thoughts stir self-sabotage and holds the child back from embracing all the power and agency they need on order to rebuild their lives. Many of these thoughts are not even their own, but rather the voices of their abusers that continue to taunt them mentally after the abuse has ended (Arabi,
On October 21, 2014, a former McHenry County Sheriff’s Officer Gregory Pyle was sentenced 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual abuse on a 12-year-old boy. Pyle sexually abused the 12-year-old for multiple years, both at Pyles home and at a hotel in Wisconsin in 2008. Pyle also shot a video of the sexual abuse and shared it online with others. For over five years, Pyle was entrusted with the efforts of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office to protect children from exploitation and abuse. When he knew that he was under investigation, Pyle successfully obstructed investigators determining the full scope of his criminal conduct. Because of the sexual abuse that this 12-year-old suffered, he now displays anger, depression, abandonment issues, and suicidal thoughts to cope with the sexual abuse. (Marrazzo, 2014).
In the United States, 62,939 …show more content…
The key to emotional self-care is being in tune with yourself (Rainn, 2016). Counseling can be a healthy resource for children to cope with their abuse. This could mean seeing a psychologist, social worker, therapist, or speaking to someone that they can trust and/or confide in. Discussing the abuse and expressing feelings about the abuse can sometimes be the best gateway for children to cope. Positive affirmations are a form of emotional self-care that is used for the child to reprogram their subconscious mind, which has been undoubtedly affected by the abusive actions that they have undergone, they must literally reprogram their brain and minimize the negative, destructive automatic thoughts that may arise in their daily lives. These thoughts stir self-sabotage and holds the child back from embracing all the power and agency they need on order to rebuild their lives. Many of these thoughts are not even their own, but rather the voices of their abusers that continue to taunt them mentally after the abuse has ended (Arabi,