Recommended Reading for Child Sexual Abuse Survivors and their Family & Friends
In our library, you will find a curated assortment of books recommended by our child sexual abuse survivors community. Books include various paths to healing from child sexual abuse, plus resources for therapists, spouses, family and friends, and a collection of memoirs from our survivor community authors.
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Embodying Healing: Integrating Bodywork and Psychotherapy in Recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse
Book by Timms, Robert, Connors, Patrick
Father-Daughter Incest (with a new Afterword)
Through an intensive clinical study of forty incest victims and numerous interviews with professionals in mental health, child protection, and law enforcement, Judith Herman develops…
Female Sexual Abuse of Children: The Ultimate Taboo
This volume is a testimony of survivors and of the professionals who worked with them and with abusers, which bears witness to sexual abuse of…
Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings
The #1 New York Times Bestseller and inspirational memoir by Michelle Knight, whose survival story gripped the world and continues to inspire and offer hope.…
First Memory: Multiple Me
Genres: Books by Survivor Authors
First Memory: Multiple Me is a chronological journey of memories leading Sophie through a near-death experience, a kidnapping, an angelic intervention, numerous abuses, UFO encounters,…
From Victim To Survivor: Women Survivors Of Female Perpetrators
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life With Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy
Whether we've experienced small setbacks or major traumas, we are all influenced by memories and experiences we may not remember or don't fully understand. Getting…
Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt as Children
Early abuse can have a profound effect on adult life, especially when survivors struggle with dissociative responses, which range from "trancing out" under stress to…
Good Grief: 50th Anniversary Edition
For fifty years Good Grief has helped millions of readers, including NFL players and a former first lady, find comfort and rediscover hope after loss.…
Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds
Young children deserve to be armed early against internet dangers. Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr. makes it easy for parents to protect their young kids…
Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today's Young Kids
Want a natural and comfortable way to talk to your kids about pornography? This newly revised edition of the original bestseller makes that daunting discussion…