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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Transforming Trauma: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Transforming Trauma: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Anna C. Salter

Tags: for therapists

Practitioners helping adult survivors of child sexual abuse need to be aware of the thought processes of offenders. The premise of Anna Salter′s major book…

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence–From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Judith L. Herman

Tags: for survivors, healing CSA, trauma and PTSD

A revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking work that changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. When Trauma…

Unashamed: Drop the Baggage, Pick up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny

Unashamed: Drop the Baggage, Pick up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny

Christine Caine

Tags: audio, Christian, for survivors, healing CSA

Shame can take on many forms. It hides in the shadows of the most successful, confident and high-achieving woman who struggles with balancing her work…

Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse

Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse

Mike Lew

Tags: for men, for survivors, healing CSA

For millions of men on the path to recovery, Victims No Longer is the next step. The first book written specifically for men, Victims No…

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

Peter A. Levine

Tags: audio, for survivors, for therapists, healing CSA

Nature's Lessons in Healing Trauma… Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being,…

Wounded Boys Heroic Men: A Man's Guide to Recovering from Child Abuse

Wounded Boys Heroic Men: A Man's Guide to Recovering from Child Abuse

Daniel Jay Sonkin

Tags: for men, for survivors, healing CSA

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

You Can Heal Your Life

You Can Heal Your Life

Louise Hay

Tags: audio, for anyone, for survivors, spiritual

Louise L. Hay, bestselling author, is an internationally known leader in the self-help field. Her key message is: "If we are willing to do the…

Your Soul's Plan: Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born

Your Soul's Plan: Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born

Robert Schwartz

Tags: audio, for anyone, for survivors, spiritual

Would you like to understand the deeper spiritual meaning of physical illness, parenting handicapped children, drug addiction, alcoholism, the death of a loved one, accidents,…