APPLICATION OF RORSCHACH PSYCHODIAGNOSTIC: AS AN EMOTIONAL VENTILATION TOOL FOR SEXUAL ABUSE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS

Abstract

One of the most effective projective techniques in the study of psychology is the Ink blot test. When patients are reluctant to freely express their cognitive processes, it has been used to identify underlying thought disorders. In private practise, regardless of gender, many persons’ report having experienced sexual assault as a child during case history sessions. The fact that we still cannot or will not discuss this delicate subject is a sad aspect of Indian society. Rorschach Psychodiagnostic has been employed to detect underlying thought disorder, especially in cases where patients are reluctant to describe their thinking processes openly. Sexual abuse in early childhood is reported in many people during case history sessions in private practise, regardless of gender. It’s a sad part of our Indian society that we are still not allowed or free to talk about this sensitive issue of major concerns. In the event that we do, we always assume that the majority of these cases involve young female victims of sexual abuse, even though there are just as many male victims of early-life sexual abuse. This is because it has been scientifically demonstrated that both traumatic experiences and early-life experiences have an impact on how adults form their personalities. People are more susceptible to developing psychiatric problems when they actively suppress or repress stressful situations. Throughout clinical practise, it became clear that the trauma of sexual abuse was deeply ingrained in each person's psyche and had a considerable impact on their symptoms and if we do, we always consider this topic mostly related to female child though we have same numbers for male sexual abuse in early childhood in our clinical practise. The trauma of sexual abuse rooted deeply in their personality and significantly appeared in their symptoms. Helping patients understand their suppressed emotions or behavioural tendencies is one of a clinical psychologist's most crucial roles in ensuring effective healing, and projective testing is the greatest method for doing this. Adults who were sexually abused as children are common. But, they repressed it and never spoke out about it. When these persons first began their psychotherapy sessions for any other problems, the clinical psychologist noticed signs of child sexual abuse, but the patients always tried to avoid the subject or were unable to comprehend the significance of abuse in their personalities. While direct queries or open-ended inquiries concerning sexual abuse are less helpful at this point, the Rorschach Psychodiagnostic may aid sexually abused patients in speaking freely and expressing the harm that has been done to them in order to deal therapeutically. Exner's comprehensive scoring system and brief clinical case records were used in the current study to analyse 10 Rorschach Psychodiagnostic records of patients from the Clinical Psychology OPD in Gurugram who had experienced sexual abuse as children in order to determine the effectiveness of the Rorschach Psychodiagnostic as a ventilation tool with the aid of the necessary statistical measures. One of the most important responsibilities as mental health professionals is to help patients to under-stand their repressed emotions or behaviour tendencies during sessions for proper healing and projective testing is best for it. There are many adults who experienced sexual abuse as a child. But due to society norms they never came forward to talk about it and eventually that abuse was suppressed. When these people started psychotherapy sessions for any other issues, indicator for child sexual abuse identified by the Clinical Psychologist but patients always tried to avoid this topic or not able understand significance of abuse in their personality. At this stage, Rorschach Psychodiagnostic was noted to be helpful assisting sexually abused patients, speak freely and express the harm that has been done to them in order to cope up therapeutically; because any direct questions or open-ended questions about sexual abuse are less useful. In the present study, 10 Rorschach Psychodiagnostic records of patients from Clinical Psychology OPD, Gurugram were thoroughly examined, who have been sexually abused in early childhood using Exner’s comprehensive scoring system with brief clinical case records to check efficiency of Rorschach Psychodiagnostic as a ventilation tool with the help of required statistical measures.