Download or read book Pathway to Healing A Guide for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse written by Angela Williams and published by Booklogix. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the adult survivor child sexual abuse is a devastating and debilitating trauma, whether it was a one-time occurrence or happened frequently over many years. When you break your silence, healing can begin. When you release the power, the secret has held over you, often for many years, it helps understand that you were a child, and you had no power. God wants to heal those wounds. Learn a biblical based approach to break your silence and travel the path of healing. Step out of the darkness and into the light of victory, relinquishing the shame and guilt associated with being sexually abused as a child and clothe yourself with the love of Christ.
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.
Download or read book Healing Steps written by Sharyn Higdon Jones and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FINALIST 2018 FOREWORD BOOK OF THE YEAR - PSYCHOLOGY & WOMEN'S STUDIES "As practical as it is powerful." - Marilyn Van Derbur, author, Miss America by Day Healing Steps: A Gentle Path to Recovery for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse is a step-by-step guide to healing from the deep pain of early sexual abuse. Such profound abuse touches the core of a woman's being: in unwanted memories, confusing feelings, distorted self-image, ongoing relationship struggles, and more. This frank and thorough book, written by a therapist who has herself survived sexual abuse, offers clear-eyed advice, stories of struggles and recovery, and most importantly, exercises to guide you in your own healing. If you're a sexual abuse survivor, it's difficult to know how to begin freeing yourself of the past so you can be fully present for your future. Let this book be your guide. And if you're currently in therapy (or if you are a therapist) and want a focus for your work, this book can be used as a blueprint for your therapeutic work. When you read this book, you will realize that you are not alone: you are on a journey that many have walked before - and that many are walking with you now.
Download or read book Journey to Heal written by Sutherland, Crystal and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A path of hope and healing for survivors of childhood sexual abuse A woman who was sexually abused as a child is confronted with many internal questions: Am I worthless? Will I get past the pain? Do I matter to God? These and similar questions can carve a deep hole in an already wounded soul. Too often, the lies of worthlessness are believed, the pain becomes too much to handle, and survivors find themselves making choices that lead to more heartbreak. With over 42 million survivors (both male and female) in the United States alone, the need for a clear path to healing is great. Crystal Sutherland—herself a survivor of CSA—knows that while the recovery process is complex, healing is possible with God’s help. For women who want to progress from simply coping to living abundantly, Journey to Heal guides readers through seven essential steps to recovery found in Scripture. Candid and open about her personal journey of healing, Crystal comes alongside her reader as a friend who understands. Infused with biblical truths, stories of hope from other survivors, and practical wisdom, this book leads women to discover the life of wholeness God has for them.
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.
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.
Download or read book 12 Healing Steps for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse written by Adena Bank Lees and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Adena: This book will help you to know that there is hope and a solution to the after effects of childhood sexual abuse. What makes this guide book so unique is that it is the first to utilize the deep wisdom and healing of the 12 Step Program of Alcoholics Anonymous for the purpose of recovery from childhood sexual abuse. The 12 Step Program has been a powerful vehicle for millions of people who have used it to anchor them in their recovery. Because these Steps offer such a firm foundation, they are extremely effective for those of us healing from the effects of childhood sexual abuse. I have seen this powerful healing in my own life as well as in my clinical practice. For the purposes of this guide, child sexual abuse is violation of a child to meet the physical or emotional sexual needs of someone they perceive to have more power than they. Often this abuse was from a person the child trusted; one who was supposed to take care of and protect them, not violate them. Practicing the steps has freed me from the reign of the trauma and the offender in a way that I never thought possible. It was necessary for me to follow the suggestions of a sponsor (a childhood sexual abuse survivor who has walked before me) and a mental health professional. Professionally utilizing this philosophy, I have witnessed and been a part of tremendous healing and freedom for my clients they never deemed possible either. Perhaps, you are, like I was, suspicious of the 12-Steps. Is it a religious program/cult or one that forces you to talk about and believe in a "God"? If you are an atheist, agnostic, or have very strong feelings that a belief in a God or a Higher Power is not what you need to be in recovery; I invite you to read on and examine my version of the 12 steps. See if it fits for you. This book is meant to be suggestive only. There are no have-to's so, breathe, take one page and step at a time, and continue to ask yourself, "How free do I really want to be?"
Download or read book Victims No Longer written by Mike Lew and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 12 Healing Steps for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse a Practical Guide written by LISAC, BCETS, Adena Bank, Adena Bank Lees, LCSW, LISAC, BCETS and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help you to know that there is hope and a solution to the after effects of childhood sexual abuse. What makes this guide book so unique is that it is the first to utilize the deep wisdom and healing of the 12 Step Program of Alcoholics Anonymous for the purpose of recovery from childhood sexual abuse. The 12 Step Program has been a powerful vehicle for millions of people who have used it to anchor them in their recovery. Because these Steps offer such a firm foundation, they are extremely effective for those of us healing from the effects of childhood sexual abuse...
Download or read book Surviving Sexual Violence written by Thema Bryant-Davis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victims of sexual assault experience their trauma in different ways, and often one path to recovery and healing is right for one person, but not right for another. While there are some general mental health effects of sexual violence, this book outlines and describes the impact of particular types of sexual violation. Whether the survivor has experienced childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault during adulthood, marital rape, sexual harassment, sex trafficking, or sexual violence within the military, they will find aspects of her experience in these pages. Once survivors understand the ways in which they have been affected, they are introduced to various pathways to surviving sexual violence and moving forward. The chapters provide case examples and specific activities which give a fuller description of the ways survivors can make use of the particular approaches, which include mind-body practices, counseling, group therapies, self-defense training, and others. Anyone who has been a victim of sexual violence, or knows and cares about someone who has, will find relief in these pages, which offer practical approaches to finding balance and healing.
Download or read book Understanding Sexual Abuse written by Tim Hein and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It is said that the true test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.” As many as one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse during childhood, and it’s estimated that as many as half of the incidents are never reported. This means that countless millions in our societies, both children and adults, carry this complex, often hidden pain. What does the path to healing look like for survivors? And how can ministry leaders, pastors, and counselors best help them as they walk this difficult road? Drawing on both his own experience and his wife's experience as survivors of childhood sexual abuse, minister and lecturer Tim Hein offers his expertise, practical guidance, and empathy—both for ministry leaders and for survivors themselves. How can we best respond when a survivor shares their secret with us? Where can survivors turn for encouragement when the road to recovery seems so long and lonely? Hein presents clinical data and resources alongside pastoral wisdom and care, addressing both psychological and spiritual aspects of sexual abuse. Both for those who have suffered sexual abuse and those in a position to help them, this book is a rich resource. Filled with both sober truths and the hope of Christ, it calls survivors to take courage and walk unafraid down the road of healing.
Download or read book On the Path written by Nancy W. and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1991 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One in four American women has suffered childhood sexual abuse. This unique guide provides them with a proven recovery resource. Fifty-two supportive, empowering affirmations cover everything from grief and letting go to trust and setting boundaries. This book incliudes a removable paper jacket to insure privacy.
Download or read book Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse Workbook written by Carolyn Ainscough and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2000-12-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse Workbook guides readers through a series of exercises, charts, and checklists aimed at recognizing, understanding, and working on the problems resulting from childhood sexual abuse. The exercises are divided into four parts: Understanding Your Present Problems and Keeping Safe; Guilt and Self-Blame; Feelings about Yourself and Others; and Looking to the Future.
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.
Download or read book Breaking Free written by Kay Toon and published by Sheldon Press. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book will be enormously helpful to those who have endured sexual abuse' Nursing Times This classic book has helped many thousands of people to manage the impact that childhood sexual abuse has had on their lives. The positive and optimistic approach continues to empower survivors to break free from the past. Now with signficantly updated resource and further help sections, this latest edition by clinical psychologist Kay Toon acknowledges the types of abuse that have come to light more recently, such as street exploitation, and abuse by celebrities, politicians and football coaches, as well as the use of digital technology to groom children and young people. Breaking Free is regularly recommended by counsellors, by media agony aunts and psychotherapists. A Department of Health project provided copies of Breaking Free and the Breaking Free Workbook to NHS Mental Health Provider Trusts. It is ideal both for those seeking therapeutic support and for those providing such support. 'The voice of the cowed, betrayed and helpless sexually abused child speaks powerfully throughout this book.' British Journal of Psychiatry 'The way the book instils hope is inspiring' Journal of Social Work Practice
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.
Download or read book How Long Does It Hurt written by Cynthia L. Mather and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Long Does It Hurt? is the revised and updated edition of the best-selling book written by an incest survivor for future survivors. This step-by-step guide speaks directly to victims of sexual abuse¾to help them come to grips with what is happening to them and overcome their feelings of isolation, confusion, and self-doubt.
