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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8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-Charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing (8 Keys to Mental Health)

8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-Charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing (8 Keys to Mental Health)

Babette Rothschild

Tags: for survivors, trauma and PTSD

Safe and effective principles and strategies for recovery from trauma. Trauma recovery is tricky; however, there are several key principles that can help make the…

A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

Marianne Williamson

Tags: audio, for anyone, for survivors, spiritual

Back by popular demand — and newly updated by the author — the mega-bestselling spiritual guide in which Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A…

A Sourcebook on Child Sexual Abuse

A Sourcebook on Child Sexual Abuse

David Finkelhor

Tags: for therapists

– How widespread is child sexual abuse? – Which groups of children are at greatest risk? – Why do offenders offend? – What are the…

A Terrible Thing Happened

A Terrible Thing Happened

Cary Pillo, Margaret M Holmes, Sasha J Mudlaff

Tags: CSA prevention, for children, healing CSA

After Sherman sees something terrible happen, he becomes anxious and then angry, but when a counselor helps him talk about these emotions he feels better.

Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse

Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse

Mic Hunter

Tags: for men, for survivors, healing CSA

A long overdue book by a psychologist who has extensive clinical experience treating male victims of child sexual abuse, it explodes the myth that sexual…

Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Treatment Innovations

Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Treatment Innovations

Michael G. Hunter

Tags: for therapists

The contributors to this book are all clinicians who have experienced working with people who have been severely sexually abused. In their quest to reduce…

Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child

Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child

Laura Davis

Tags: audio, for family and friends, for partners, healing CSA

"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…

An Elf's Journey: Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse

An Elf's Journey: Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse

Katia Cooper

Genres: Books by Survivor Authors

Tags: for family and friends, for survivors, for teens, healing CSA

Katia Cooper's An Elf's Journey is a tender story about an endearing elf who carried a heavy burden of shame that didn't belong to her.…

Anxiety Gone: The Three C's of Anxiety Recovery

Anxiety Gone: The Three C's of Anxiety Recovery

Stanley Ph.D. Hibbs

Tags: for anyone, for survivors

Format Paperback Subject Antiques Collectibles General

Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind

Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind

Joyce Meyer

Tags: audio, Christian, for anyone, for survivors

Worry, doubt, confusion, depression, anger and feelings of condemnation: all these are attacks on the mind. If readers suffer from negative thoughts, they can take…

Becoming Fearless

Becoming Fearless

MollyAnn Wymer

Genres: Books by Survivor Authors

Tags: memoir

MollyAnn Wymer was just a young, blonde headed, blue eyed, Southern Baptist preachers daughter when she was thrust into the world of sex trafficking. MollyAnn…

Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

Jennifer J. Freyd

Tags: for therapists

This book lays bare the logic of forgotten abuse. Psychologist Jennifer Freyd's breakthrough theory explaining this phenomenon shows how psychogenic amnesia not only happens but,…