Healing From The Trauma Of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Author : Karen A. Duncan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313067880
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healing from the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse written by Karen A. Duncan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The traumatic affects of childhood sexual abuse can remain and recur throughout life for women who have not healed emotionally. This book by a family therapist shares stories from 18 women abused as children, explaining that healing can occur at any stage of life, and that healing, itself, occurs in stages. The author offers guidance to recognize the long-lingering potential affects of childhood sexual abuse including depression, anxiety, dissociation, and chronic shock, and she explains steps to take for recovery. Also presented are letters from women who have healed or are in recovery. Sexual abuse by men, juveniles, and female perpetrators is discussed, as is how children may act out the abusive behavior taught by perpetrators. The incidence of abuse by family members is also addressed. Duncan explains the dual dilemma—moral and legal—that women face in exposing a sexual perpetrator within the family when not protected by the legal system due to statutes of limitations. She also discusses controversial topics including false memory and disclosure of memory to the perpetrator.

Author : Ellen Bass
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061284335
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Courage to Heal 4e written by Ellen Bass and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come to terms with your past while moving powerfully into the future The Courage to Heal is an inspiring, comprehensive guide that offers hope and a map of the healing journey to every woman who was sexually abused as a child—and to those who care about her. Although the effects of child sexual abuse are long-term and severe, healing is possible. Weaving together personal experience with professional knowledge, the authors provide clear explanations, practical suggestions, and support throughout the healing process. Readers will feel recognized and encouraged by hundreds of moving first-person stories drawn from interviews and the authors' extensive work with survivors, both nationally and internationally. This completely revised and updated 20th anniversary edition continues to provide the compassionate wisdom the book has been famous for, as well as many new features: Contemporary research on trauma and the brain An overview of powerful new healing tools such as imagery, meditation, and body-centered practices Additional stories that reflect an even greater diversity of survivor experiences The reassuring accounts of survivors who have been healing for more than twenty years The most comprehensive, up-to-date resource guide in the field Insights from the authors' decades of experience Cherished by survivors, and recommended by therapists and institutions everywhere, The Courage to Heal has often been called the bible of healing from child sexual abuse. This new edition will continue to serve as the healing beacon it has always been.

Author : Elizabeth M. Altmaier
Publisher : American Psychological Association
ISBN 13 : 143383829X
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving Darkness Behind written by Elizabeth M. Altmaier and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a psychologically informed perspective on childhood sexual abuse. Its goal is to help you orient yourself toward recovery and learn healthy practices that will lead to thriving, not just surviving. Written by an author who is herself a survivor, this guide describes how complex trauma affects your overall health. On that knowledge foundation you are invited to build strengths in various areas of your life, such as meaning-making, connections with others, and hope.

Author : Bonnie J. Collins
Publisher : Whole Person Associates
ISBN 13 : 9781570251658
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healing for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse written by Bonnie J. Collins and published by Whole Person Associates. This book was released on 1998 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This treatment manual presents a complete12 session program for treating survivors of child sexual abuse. It addresses issues of social isolation, intimacy and mistrust of others and how survivors can gain the support of others.

Author : David Powlison
Publisher : New Growth Press
ISBN 13 : 1935273493
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recovering from Child Abuse written by David Powlison and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2010-10-31 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The damage you suffered may have been done in one terrible moment or over time. But the healing and the restoration will unfold at your pace, at a human pace. It unfolds as part of your story, and it unfolds over time. As a vulnerable child, instead of being protected, helped, and comforted, you were physically, emotionally, and/or ...

Author : Nicole Braddock Bromley
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780802479846
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hush written by Nicole Braddock Bromley and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood sexual abuse is running rampant, yet it's the best-kept secret in our nation today. Its victims grow into adulthood with their little child's heart trapped in the pain and torment of their past. Nicole Braddock Bromley shares her own story and the steps to moving from silence to healing. Hush exposes the harsh realities of childhood abuse, explains the pain it causes, examines the false beliefs it creates, and empowers survivors to begin a personal journey toward healing by breaking the silence. With words of understanding and comfort, Nicole tells the real-life stories of those whose voices would otherwise never be heard. She is straightforward enough to pierce the hearts of those in a survivor's circle of influence, yet careful to tread lightly on what could be tender words.

Author : John J. Lemoncelli
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healing from Childhood Abuse written by John J. Lemoncelli and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written directly to individuals who have experienced childhood trauma, this book provides essential information that allows victims to begin recovering from their immense pain and suffering, and empowers them to examine their specific issues in order to become a true survivor. The American Medical Association currently estimates at least one in every five adults suffered abuse as a child. While childhood abuse or trauma is certainly not a new issue, it has reached epidemic proportion. Yet most clinicians have not been sufficiently trained to appreciate or understand the devastating long-term impact of abuse on the total person. John J. Lemoncelli, EdD, authored this book to enable those who suffer in silence to understand what happened, take control, and begin and maintain a program of recovery. It helps those abused in childhood to grasp how their experience impacted their development and the extent to which it negatively affects their present lives; encourages them to let go of the belief that they are damaged, dirty, or at fault; and provides an effective strategy for externalizing the source of their anguish, rather than blaming themselves. The author outlines several stages and common issues that may need to be addressed, but as no "one size fits all" treatment is possible, he provides strategies that empower victims to identify the specific sources of their pain.

Author : Wayne Kritsberg
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 9780553089844
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invisible Wound written by Wayne Kritsberg and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1993 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneer in the field of adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional families brings his expertise to this extremely pressing issue. Unique among books on sexual abuse, this work focuses on physical energy blockages and body memories as well as on traditional insight techniques to guide readers step-by-step through the healing process. Photographs.

Author : Richard B. Gartner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317375513
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healing Sexually Betrayed Men and Boys written by Richard B. Gartner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healing Sexually Betrayed Men and Boys: Treatment for Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Trauma is the new authoritative source for treatment of sexually victimized men and boys. Male victims and survivors of sexual trauma lived in shadow until the turn of the 21st century, when scandal after scandal about the sexual abuse of boys and men shed light on their suffering. These men and boys require different treatment roadmaps than their female counterparts. Yet there is little in the professional literature to help a clinician work with sexually traumatized boys and men. Richard B. Gartner is a seasoned psychologist/psychoanalyst who has worked therapeutically with sexually abused men for over three decades. He is a clinician, advocate, teacher, lecturer, and nationally and internationally recognized expert on the subject. Dr. Gartner’s classic book, Betrayed as Boys: Psychodynamic Treatment of Sexually Abused Men, is one of the few written to guide clinicians. Now, nearly two decades after writing that groundbreaking volume, he follows up on his earlier work. Healing Sexually Abused Men and Boys, together with its companion volume, Understanding the Sexual Betrayal of Boys and Men, is a thorough, comprehensive guide to learning about and healing male victims and survivors. Dr. Gartner has invited a group of experts to write about specific problems faced by these boys and men. Specialists from the psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, trauma, and legal worlds fill in the details about a wide range of interconnected subjects related to the complex reverberations of male sexual trauma. Healing Sexually Betrayed Men and Boys covers such diverse topics as: therapy with young sexually traumatized boys; the aftermath for men who were raped as adults ; covert seduction of boys and its aftereffects; treatment for substance addictions and sexual compulsions; couples work with male survivors and their partners or spouses; bodywork with male survivors; treatment for male veterans who suffered sexual trauma in the military; profiling sexual predators and working with survivors who have also been sexual predators. This book is a valuable resource for clinicians at every level of training. With strategies for how survivors can build support networks and descriptions of clinical, familial, and community-based treatments, Healing Sexually Betrayed Men and Boys is essential reading for clinicians of all theoretical persuasions who work with male sexual abuse survivors. Filling in gaps in the relatively scant literature on the subject, it will also help sexually abused or assaulted men themselves understand what is available to them.

Author : Gregory L. PhD Jantz
Publisher : Revell
ISBN 13 : 1493407279
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healing the Scars of Childhood Abuse written by Gregory L. PhD Jantz and published by Revell. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deep pain of childhood abuse--whether physical or emotional, whether a child was neglected or wished nothing more than to be left alone--doesn't just go away. There's simply no just getting over it. Even if no physical scars remain as evidence of the victim's suffering, the deep wounds on their minds, hearts, and souls are still there. But it is possible to become whole and happy. Author of the successful Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse, Dr. Gregory Jantz now helps readers understand the effects of childhood abuse on their emotional, intellectual, physical, relational, and spiritual health. He then outlines the steps to lasting healing, including grieving what was lost, learning to balance emotions with intentionality, regaining a positive relationship with one's own body and mind, and coming to an understanding of God not as a frightening authority figure like the abuser or an accusing judge, but as a loving creator, redeemer, and friend.