Outgrowing the Pain

Author: Eliana Gil
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 0307422453
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
“Anyone who had a troubled childhood ought to read this book.”—Anne H. Cohn, D.P.H., Executive Director, National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse Do you have trouble finding friends, lovers, acquaintances? Once you find them, do they dump on you, take advantage of you, or leave? Are you in a relationship you know isn't good for you? Are you still trying to figure out what you want to do when you grow up? Are you drinking too much, eating too much or trying to numb your pain with drugs of any kind? These are just a few of the problems abused children experience when they become adults. You may not realize you were abused. You may think your parents didn't mean it, didn't know better, or that others had it much worse. You may not even have made the connection between the past and your current problems. Outgrowing the Pain is an important book for any adult who was abused or neglected in childhood. It's an important book for professionals who help others. It's a book of questions that can pinpoint and illuminate destructive patterns. The answers you discover can lead to a life filled with new insight, hope, and love. “The best book available to help survivors cope and understand.”—Dan Sexton, Director, Childhelp's National Abuse Hotline “An invaluable aid for adult survivors of child abuse.”—Suzanne M. Sgroi, M.D., Executive Director, New England Clinical Associates

Outgrowing the Pain Together

Author: Eliana Gil
Publisher: Dell
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
"A groundbreaking recovery program for a happier, healthier intimate relationship"--Cover subtitle.

What about Me?

Author: Grant Cameron
Publisher: Carp, Ont. : Creative Bound
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
This book is for the silent sufferers -- the millions of men worldwide who are helping female partners recover from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. What About Me? is the end result of the painful and trying times journalist Grant Cameron encountered while helping his wife Liz deal with her abusive past. What About Me? will help men understand the issues surrounding childhood sexual abuse and prepare them for the rocky journey through the healing process with a survivor. It will help them understand why women who are healing say and do certain things. It will also give them a better understanding of their own actions and feelings.

Outgrowing the Ingrown Church

Author: C. John Miller
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310284112
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
This is a book for pacesetters -- church leaders who desire to help their churches break free of the things that turn them in on themselves. It is a masterly mix of biblical principle, objective analysis, and personal experience.

Repressed Memories

Author: Renee Fredrickson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 067176716X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Buried memories of sexual abuse can have a devastating impact on a victim's relationships, work, and health. Using case histories, Renee Fredrickson stresses the importance of recovering these memories as a crucial step in healing, and she explains various therapeutic processes used in memory retrieval.

Allies in Healing

Author: Laura Davis
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062267485
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description
"But what about me?" "Is it possible to go one day without dealing with the survivor's issues?" "Will we ever make love again?" "Will the survivor love me in the end?" "How do I know if I should throw in the towel?" Based on in-depth interviews and her workshops for partners across the country, Laura Davis offers practical advice and encouragement to all partners—girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, and lovers—trying to support the survivors in their lives while tending to their own needs along the way. She shows couples how to deepen compassion, improve communication, and develop an understanding of healing as a shared activity. Addressing partners' most important questions, Allies in Healing covers: The Basics—answers common questions about sexual abuse. Allies in Healing—introduces key concepts of working and growing together. My Needs and Feelings—teaches partners to recognize, value, and express their own needs. Dealing with Crisis—includes strategies for handling suicidal feelings, regression, and hopelessness. Intimacy and Communication—offers practical advice on dealing with distancing, control, trust, and fighting. Sex—provides guidelines for coping with flashbacks, lack of desire, differences in sexual needs, and frustration. Family lssues—suggests a range of ideas for interacting with the survivor's family. Partners' Stories—explores the struggles, triumphs, and courage of eight partners.

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Author: Paul M. Hambke
Publisher: Russell House Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9781905541591
Category : Child abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book is a survivor's account of how he was helped to come with terms with being sexually abused throughout his boyhood. It will allow survivors, child protection workers and therapists to see what can be learned about profoundly harmful abuse, preventing it and charting a path to recovery if prevention fails. The survivors account is supported by Calder's theoretical frameworks and his insights into perpetrators behaviour.

Posttraumatic Play in Children

Author: Eliana Gil
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 146252883X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
From leading expert Eliana Gil, this book provides child clinicians with essential knowledge and tools for evaluating and working with posttraumatic play. Such play, which is often repetitive and disturbing, may help resolve traumatic experiences--but can also become toxic. The book guides the clinician to determine what is going on with a given child and intervene sensitively and effectively. Evocative case material is interwoven with up-to-date information on the developmental impact of trauma and ways to facilitate children's natural reparative capacities. A reproducible assessment checklist to help clinicians differentiate between useful and dangerous posttraumatic play can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. ÿ

Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and Other Lies I Tell My Children)

Author: Susan Konig
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312332372
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Susan Konig's first book offers a uniquely frank look at the modern family by "an exceptional humorist on the order of Erma Bombeck and Jean Kerr" (Library Journal). The Konigs can barely turn around in a city apartment that seems to be shrinking. With Baby #3 on the way, they take drastic measures: They buy a house and move to The 'Burbs. Countless sticky adventures ensue. In her hilariously unflinching account of motherhood and domestic pursuits, Konig shares a supermom's little secrets, from the importance of Cheerios to the truth about Bambi's mother ("she was running an errand").

Wounded Boys Heroic Men

Author: Daniel Jay Sonkin
Publisher: Adams Media
ISBN: 9781580620109
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Offers adult male victims of child abuse a procedure for facilitating the recovery process, and suggests ways to break the cycle of violence.