Childhood Abuse:
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Books to help people who were
physically, emotionally or psychologically abused as children.
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Empowering Ways To Move Beyond Abuse :
A Daily Healing Companion for Survivors
by Moriah S. St
Clair
£
Different
chapters deal with different issues that often come up for survivors,
eg. fear,
anger, dissociation, self-esteem, sex. Includes 365 simple suggestions
for
exploring the issues and achieving psychological and spiritual healing,
from
all forms of abuse.
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Beyond Survival
: Living Well is the Best Revenge
by
Yvonne Dolan
£
"For people who have struggled with painful past events,
and even for those who have not, Beyond Survival will unlock
psychological resources and abilities you may have never
realised you possessed and empower you to create the life you want. I
offer you this book as a talisman of hope and courage for your
own journey and that of people dear to
you."
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Breaking
the Silence : Survivors of Child Abuse Speak Out
by
Liz Mullinar
& Candida
Hunt
£
"..for all people who have been abused
as children, healing is possible and incredibly rewarding.
With courage, patience, and loving help, no matter how bad the
abuse, you can heal.... This is an attempt by a group of us to reach
out to you, to tell you that there are companions to walk with
you on your journey".
Contains contributions from over 100 Australian survivors of
emotional, physical and sexual abuse, with useful
appendices.
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The Brother
/ Sister Hurt : Recognising the Effects of Sibling Abuse
by
Vernon R Wieche,
PhD
£
"Sibling abuse is the physical,
emotional, and sexual abuse of one child by another child
within the same family; it is largely ignored in our society.
My wish for you is that your journey of uncovering the abuse you
experienced from a sibling and beginning the process of
healing will bring you a renewed sense of happiness and
fulfilment in your life." Unfortunately, he still manages to minimize
it to some extent.
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Children
Of The Self-Absorbed : A Grownup's Guide to Getting Over
Narcissistic
Parents
by
Nina W. Brown, Ed.D.,
L.P.C.
£
"Parents with a destructive
narcissistic pattern will have behaviours and attitudes that
are designed to preserve a self-image of perfection,
entitlement and superiority... what you probably really want is to stop
feeling the way you do when they trigger unwanted and
unpleasant feelings, or to make them stop behaving and having
the attitudes that hurt you. This book can
help..."
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DABS
Leaflets
Since
1997 DABS has been producing valuable "helpsheets" as part of our
Resource Packs. These tried and tested articles are now available as
leaflets,
making them a handy resource for yourself, or to give to
friends or family. The leaflets available
are:
Childhood
Sexual Abuse & Incest
Childhood
Abuse
(includes Physical Violence & Emotional Abuse)
Partners
of Survivors of Childhood Abuse
The
Healing Process + A Bill of Assertive Rights
Counselling
Self-Help
Groups
Legal
Actions
(Prosecutions + Civil & Criminal
Compensation Claims)
Useful
National Organisations
Recommended
Booklist
Complete Set of 9
Leaflets at a discount
price £
To buy a Set of DABS Leaflets use
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(Any
single leaflet £0.70; 2-5 leaflets
£0.45 each; 6-19 £0.30 each;
20-39
£0.26 each; 40-99 £0.24;
100-199 £0.20; Further
bulk discounts available on request.)
DABS
Survivor's Resource
Pack
from DABS
£
DABS
Survivor's Resource
Packs provide
a unique source of information for survivors of childhood sexual,
physical or emotional abuse, including details of the
specialist helping agencies in your own area.
.
Your
copy will include
up-to-date
details about specialist organisations in your area,
plus helpsheets on: Childhood
Sexual Abuse & Incest
Childhood Abuse (including
Physical Violence & Emotional
Abuse)
Partners of Survivors of
Childhood Abuse
Counselling
Self-Help Groups
The Healing Process + A Bill of
Assertive Rights
List of Useful
National Organisations
Legal Actions (including Prosecuting the
Abuser & Criminal Compensation
Claims)
Statistics + Statement from
Alice
Miller
plus
DABS Specialist Mail-Order Book
Catalogue.
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EMDR
: Transforming Trauma : The Revolutionary New Therapy for
Freeing
the Mind, Clearing the Body
& Opening the
Heart
by
Laurel Parnell, PhD
£
Gives lots of examples
of how EMDR (Eye Movement
Desensitisation & Reprocessing) therapy has helped
people who've suffered trauma or abuse, and/or are suffering
from depression, anxiety, eating disorders, etc. It's not a
self-help book, but is intended to help you decide if it's a
method you want to try.
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The Emotionally
Abused Woman : Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming
Yourself
by
Beverley Engel
£
"The scars of emotional abuse are still with me, as they are
with all women who ere emotionally abused as children. But I
have discovered and developed a sense of self that I am now respectful
of and true to. I have worked on building my self-esteem and
on not expecting perfection of myself and of others... I have
also learned to accept my limitations and to work with them in order
to protect myself from further abuse as an adult. i consider
it a priveledge to share with you what I have learned about
emotional abuse and its effects, as well as about how to
recover from this devastating form of
abuse." An excellent book, written for
women who are in emotionally abusive relationships now,
whether they know it or not, while recognising that the
destructive patterns were begun in
childhood.
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Healing
the Trauma of Abuse : A Women's Workbook
by
Mary
Ellen Copeland & Maxine Harris
£
"A practical, step-by-step
guide through the recovery
and healing process for women who have experienced sexual, emotional or
physical abuse in childhood
and/or adulthood... The exercises may help you feel good about
yourself, be the way you want to be, and do the things you
want to do in your life."
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Healing Your
Emotional Self : A
Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner
Critic, and Overcome Your Shame 
by
Beverly Engel
£
This guide is designed to help you reject the distorted images your
parents projected onto you, intentionally or not. Step by step, it will
give you the skills you need to quiet your inner critic, boost your
self-esteem, create a positive self-image separate from your abusive
parents' distorted picture, discover who you really are, learn
self-nurturing, and become the person you are meant to be.
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It's
Never Too Late to Have a
Happy Childhood : From Adversity to Resilience
by
Ben Furman
£
This book explores how and why some people survive traumatic events or
abusive childhoods better than others. Furman quotes research, survivors, and
traditional wisdom from many cultures, to illustrate his points. The
book ends with valuable advice on how each of us can look back with new
eyes, respecting and valuing ourselves for getting this far, and look
ahead with positive hope and belief.
"We can't change history - events in the past that have actually
happened. We can't erase what has happened or undo what we've done, yet
we can - to a surprisingly high degree - influence the way we percieve
past events and what they mean to us. The past is not just a chronicle,
a recording of what has happened in a chronological order. It's a story
that's alive and changing as it's being retold, given new emphases,
meanings, explanations and consequences."
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Hurting
Inside
by
Lois Arnold
& Anne Magill
£
"This book is for young people who are in distress, or hurting
deep inside, because of bad things that have happened to them
as they have been growing up... We hope it will help you find ways
of easing your pain, and making life better in the
future". An excellent booklet,
written for survivors of abuse or
neglect.
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Outgrowing
the Pain : A
Book For and About Adults Abused As Children
by
Eliana
Gil
£
A small, helpful book with cartoon
illustrations and simple, clear text, which explains the
effects of abuse, and gives an overview of the
healing process, for all forms of childhood
abuse.
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Overcoming
Childhood Trauma : A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive
Behavioural
Techniques
by
Helen Kennerley
£
"Some survivors will need professional support to help them
overcome childhood trauma, but many will be able to
move forward by using this text. Whatever the problems you
face, this book aims to help you deal with the unpleasant
consequences of being abused as a child. Both men and women do
recover from the legacies of a traumatic
childhood..."
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Reclaiming
Your Life : A
Step-by-Step Guide to Using Regression Therapy to Overcome the Effects
of Childhood Abuse
by
Jean Jenson, M.S.W. (New Foreword
by Alice Miller)
£
"The adult child
population [are] suffering from problems in their lives as a
result of the defences they needed as children to survive
their abusive families. Such recognition has pointed to the need
to confront painful feelings rather than just learn new ways
to behave... The necessary and final step is to understand
what regression is, why it's needed in order to heal, and how
to do it."
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Strong
at the Broken Places : Overcoming The Trauma of Childhood Abuse
by
Linda Sanford
£
In this moving and authoritative work Linda Sanford
passionately refutes the idea that survivors are trapped in a vicious
cycle of abuse and provides vivid proof that full recovery is
possible. As survivors discuss work, self-image, intimacy and
spirituality, we see what enables them to triumph over trauma
and become not only strong, but often strongest where they've
been most injured...Strong at the Broken
Places.
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Toxic
Parents
: Overcoming
Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
by
Dr. Susan Forward with Craig Buck
£
"What better word than toxic to describe parents who inflict
ongoing trauma, abuse and denigration on their
children... even after they are grown."<P>Aims
to help you disconnect from the trauma of the past and change
self-defeating behaviour in the present.New
edition!
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Trauma,
The Body & Transformation : A Narrative Inquiry
Edited
by Kim Etherington
£
"Childhood trauma
creates chaos in many people's lives and
chaos can leave us speechless, voiceless and silenced... Without a
voice our body finds other ways to speak for us; our spirit
survives and transcends our physical body. This book is full
of stories about survival and transformation."
The style is a bit
academic.
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Wounded
Boys Heroic Men : A Man's Guide to Recovering from Child Abuse
by
Daniel Jay Sonkin,
PhD
£
"If you were physically, sexually or
psychologically abused as a boy, this book is for you... This
book will not label you as defective, screwed up, or somehow less
of a man. On the contrary, I believe that it takes a hero to
admit to being hurt or having problems and to take the risk of
asking for help and changing unhealthy patterns of
behaviour."
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