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The Courage to Heal : : a Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Bass, Ellen. Book - 2008 Adult Book / Nonfiction / Family & Relationships / Abuse / Davis, Laura 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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Taking stock & taking care -- The healing process -- Changing patterns -- For supporters of survivors -- Courageous women -- Resource guide.
The Courage to Heal is a 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 complete 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; and 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.

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Therapy submitted by jduffy12 on August 21, 2016, 3:29pm It is a good form of therapy. I recommend it.

Groundbreaking book submitted by emileeione on August 30, 2020, 6:08am Essential resource for healing childhood sexual abuse.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Harper, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: xxxiv, 606 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780061284335
0061284335

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Davis, Laura, 1956-

SUBJECTS
Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Psychology.
Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Counseling of.
Child sexual abuse.
Abused women -- Psychology.
Abused women -- Counseling of.