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Drawing on the latest research on memory and traumatic experience, Susan Clancy, an expert in experimental psychopathology, demonstrates that children describe abuse and molestation encounters in ways that don't fit the conventional trauma model. In fact, the most common feeling reported is not fear but confusion.
Clancy calls for an honest look at sexual abuse and its aftermath, and argues that the reactions of society and the healing professions...
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"The scars of sexual trauma exist not only in the mind, but also in the body. Drawing on the powerful mind-body techniques of somatic therapy, therapist Erika Shershun gives readers who've experienced sexual trauma a step-by-step guide to overcoming shame and stigma in the mind, bringing a newly felt sense of safety, awareness, and life to the body"--
3) Reclaiming pleasure: a sex positive guide for moving past sexual trauma & living a passionate life
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Go beyond surviving to reclaim your sexual self.
If you have experienced sexual abuse, assault, harassment, or rape, you may feel disconnected from your sexual self-even if you've overcome the initial trauma of your experience. You are a survivor; but surviving is just the beginning. This book explores what comes next.
Written by a psychologist and grounded in cutting-edge research, Reclaiming Pleasure picks up where other sexual trauma recovery books...
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A new edition of the 1988 classic text that exposed the extreme prevalence of rape in America, coining the term acquaintance rape and establishing the disturbing statistics on sexual assault that still hold just as true today-now featuring an original preface from Gloria Steinem, a new introduction by Salamishah Tillet, an updated afterword by Mary P. Koss, PH.D., as well as an updated resources section.
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"For three decades, Laurie Kahn has treated clients who were abused as children, people who were injured by someone whom they believed to be trustworthy, someone who professed to love them. Their abusers: a father, stepfather, priest, coach, babysitter, aunt, neighbor -- often were people who inhabited their daily lives. Love is why they come to therapy. Love is what they want, and love is what they say is not going well for them. Kahn, too, had...
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Hollaback!'s accessible and engaging step-by-step instructional guide to safe and effective bystander intervention
Bystander intervention is simply overcoming that "freeze" instinct and getting back to the very human desire to take care of one another. It's not about being the hero, strapping on spandex, and saving the day. And it certainly isn't about sacrificing your own safety. From the nonprofit organization Hollaback!, I've Got Your Back teaches...
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Prioritizes survivors of abuse by reexamining Christian ideals about suffering and salvation
More than half of women and almost one in three of men in the United States have experienced sexual violence at some time in their lives. Yet our Christian tradition has failed survivors of sexual violence, who have been taught to believe that traumatic suffering brings us closer to God. Incarnating Grace attempts to save our broken ways of talking about...
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Throughout the span of her career, Maxine Taylor has listened as women have shared traumatic stories of a sexual nature that occurred early in their lives. These events shaped their beliefs about sex, self-respect and body image, and often manifested in feelings of shame, embarrassment and humiliation later in life.
With a powerfully effective method she developed over time, Maxine helped the women in these stories to identify and liberate themselves...
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From Love Trauma to Fearless Love is a tale of emotional, spiritual, and sexual recovery from abuse at the hands of a predator. This book is especially relevant as From Love Trauma to Fearless Love illuminates how calculating a narcissist can be and reveals profound truths about the gut-wrenching reality a woman faces when she unwittingly gets, caught in a web of lies and deception. It also highlights the cycle of violence that is typical of sexual...
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The chapters in this book talk about the major and minor subjects that impact a man's giant. These chapters discuss every sector from rejection, manipulation, womanizing, and even sexual abuse. In chapter six, "He Touched Me-Not God," Dr. Cedric White reveals a personal testimony that he intends to help others transition from victim to victor. He desires to see people set free from the bondage of sexual, emotional, psychological, and long-term abuse...
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The Unveiling is a powerful, raw, and inspiring autobiography by a once broken girl who is now a strong woman who persevered through all of life's obstacles. It uncovers a life suffered behind closed doors, before the author discovered the triumph of finding true love and the joy of another chance at motherhood.
With courage, honesty, and boldness, Monica invites readers into a world of challenging and difficult experiences that shaped her into the...
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The only book you need to start a conversation with your kids about sexual harassment, consent, #metoo, and more
Many American teens are steeped in a culture that sends unsettling messages about sex, through everything from politics to music to the normalization of porn. In today's environment, it's crucial that teens be able to ask hard questions about how to take care of themselves, make decisions that reflect their values, and stay safe. In Sex,...
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Comment la violence conjugale peut-elle perdurer dans une société qui repose sur un principe d'égalité entre les sexes et produit une législation la condamnant ? Qu'est-ce qui, dans notre contexte culturel et nos mentalités, maintient ces violences malgré la prolifération des discours progressistes ?
Solveig Lelaurain et David Fonte répondent à ces questions à travers quatre enquêtes qui contextualisent la violence conjugale dans un...
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Do you see a closed door and wonder what is going on behind it? Do you hear muffled cries, shouts, or screams and try to pry to door open only to discover layers of filth and more secrets?
Secrets trapped me behind multiple doors held shut by hundreds of men in my life. Secrets, broken trust, and lies were the chains and locks on the doors. I could not see a way out. Once I would unlock one door, I would be faced with another and another.
I hoped...
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Bien trop tabou pour que les mesures prises à son encontre soient adéquates, le viol est encore un sujet victime de non-dits.
Comment lutter contre le viol ? Si la question s'avère complexe, l'une des priorités actuelles consiste à agir sur sa perception. Car si le viol est reconnu légalement comme un crime, sa gravité intrinsèque, elle, est sans cesse minimisée et appelle alors à être explicitée. C'est ce à quoi s'emploie ce manifeste,...
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What does it take to transcend the impact of trauma and achieve happiness, meaning, and purpose?
At an early age, Dr. Paul Foxman became a victim of childhood sexual abuse, poverty, multiple life-threatening medical crises, a hostile divorce, and exposure to violence. Now an accomplished psychologist, Dr. Foxman shares key lessons from the process of overcoming traumas to create a life filled with love, fulfillment, and security. He validates the...
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