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Allies in Healing: When a Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child.
Laura Davis. Harper. 1991. ISBN 0-06-096883-4 $17.50 Can. This book addresses partners'
questions. Including questions about working and growing together, partners feelings,
dealing with crisis, intimacy, sex, communication, family issues, and shares some
partners' stories with the reader.
Becoming One: A Story Of Triumph Over Multiple Personality Disorder. Sarah
E. Olson, 1977, Trilogy Books, ISBN 0962387983. $16.95 USA. An autobiographical account of
the authors journey to integration of all known alters. This book is documented using
letters written to her therapist, transcripts from audiotaped sessions, and poetry.
Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Sexual Abuse. Jennifer
J. Freyd, 1996, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-06805-X. Dr. Freyd lays out her
theory explaining psychogenic amnesia for traumatic events in childhood. She explains the
logical mechanisms for not knowing, and the many layers of knowledge, how we can know and
not know at the same time, and how knowing shows up in other ways such as phobias. Lots of
case histories, and a very extensive reference list (i.e. it looks very well researched.)
Boundaries:
When to say yes when to say no to take control of your life. Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr.
John Townsend. ISBN 0-310-58590-2. 1992, $13.99. Covers physical, mental, emotional,
spiritual boundaries.In the areas of work, family friends, spouse children,self, God, etc.
From a Christian perspective. Excellent for victims with boundary issues who would like to
use spirituality in the healing process.
Breaking Down
the Wall of Silence: The Liberating Experience of Facing Painful Truth. Alice
Miller. 187p. Rev Ed (Jan 97) ISBN: 0452011736
Breaking
Free from Partner Abuse: Voices of Battered Women. Caught in the Cycle of
Domestic Violence. Mary Marecek, et al / Paperback / Published 1999
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Care of the
Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life. Harper.
ISBN 0-06-092224-9 $16.00 Canada/ $12.00 US. Written by a psychotherapist, this book looks
at the differences between care and cure, at the everyday issues that offer the
opportunity for soul-making, and helps us imagine spiritual life from the point of view of
the soul.
The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual
Abuse. Laura Davis. 1990 Harper. ISBN 0-06-096437-5 $24.95 Can. A step-by-step approach to
key aspects of healing, including survival skills, taking stock, hope, breaking silence,
letting go of shame, turning anger into action, making a confrontation plan, preparing for
family contact, vanquishing secret hopes, affirming one's progress, and healing sexually.
Child Abuse Trauma: Theory and Treatment of the Lasting Effects. John N.
Briere. 1992 Sage. ISBN 0-8039-3713-X. I was personally impressed with this book. It
stands out amongst books on this topic by virtue of its attempt to reintegrate and refocus
discussion across all forms of abuse (Vs discussing only sexual abuse, or emotional abuse,
or physical abuse) and their interrelated effects. Within this framework, he addresses the
long term impact; abuse focused psychotherapy; parameters of treatment; as well as special
issues (i.e. amnesic survivor, substance addicted survivor etc). Excellent reading for the
layperson and professional alike.
The Fractured Mirror: Healing Multiple Personality Disorder. C.W.Duncan.
Health Communications Inc. 1994. ISBN 1-55874-75-1 $15.95 Canadian. The book focuses on
those living with, dealing with and treating Mpd. It takes the position that everyone's
personality is "multiple" to a certain extent, and demonstrates how MPD is not
"bizarre" but normal defenses gone awry.
Fragments Binjamin Wilkomirski, published by Schoken. This is the memoir
of a man who survived the Majdanek concentration camp as a boy. After the war he was
adopted by a family in Switzerland who told him to forget all about it, that it was a bad
dream. He wasn't allowed to talk about it. The memoir is about how he eventually struggled
to make sense of the jumbled memories after the years of denial.
Female sex offenders:What Therapists, Law Enforcement and Child Protective Services Need to Know
Getting
Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life. Ginny Nicarthy. 352p. Reissue
edition (Mch 97) Seal Pr. ISBN: 1878067923 $10.36.
Getting Through The Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt as Children. Nancy J.
Napier. W.W. Norton 1994. ISBN 0-393-31242-9 $15.99 Canadian. Written by a family
therapist, this book suggests strategies for coping today. Includes chapters on
dissociation, identifying triggers, containing and sitting with feelings, despair, dealing
with inner child parts, disowned self, future self, therapist, and therapy.
Ghosts in the
Bedroom: A Guide for Partners of Incest Survivors. Ken Graber. 150p. 1991 Health
Communications; ISBN: 155874116X.
Haunted
Marriage: Overcoming the Ghosts of Your Spouse's Childhood Abuse. Clark E.
Barshinger, et al 1995 208p, 1995, Intervarsity Pr; ISBN: 0830816461.
Healing
Spiritual Abuse: How to Break Free from Bad Church Experiences. 1993. Intervarsity
Press; ISBN: 0830816607. $7.99. 166p.
Healing the Incest Wound by Christine
A. Courtois, Ph.D. ISBN 0-393-31356-5, 1996 $18.95 USA. Healing
the Incest Wound, although written for professionals, primarily, is a
good read for surivivors.
How Little We Knew: Collusion and Confusion with Sexual
Misconduct by Dee Miller. Now out of
print, but available through the authors website: http://members.tripod.com/~NoColluding
12 Healing Steps for Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: Adena Bank
Lees, CISW, ICADC; 1999 $7.00 US. A self-help guide based on the 12 Step Program of
Alcoholics Anonymous for adults in the healing of childhood sexual abuse. It is suggested
that this guide be used by the survivor in conjunction with a mental health professional,
spiritual advisor and/or trusted friend (sponsor).
The Healing Way: Adult Recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse. Kristin A
Kunzman. Harper/Hazelden. 1990 ISBN 0-06-255383-6 $11.95 Can. This book has a strong
emphasis on childhood sexual abuse and it's relationship to alcoholism.
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him. Sheldon B. Kopp. Bantam.
1972 ISBN 0-553-25743-9 $4.95 Can. Based on the premise that the most important things one
must learn, no one can teach us. The book emphasizes the need for each of us to know our
own truths, and that no therapist can tell us what those are. Many myths, ancient
wisdom's, philosopher's etc. are drawn upon to illustrate the books premise. In my
personal view, excellent reading. Requires some concentration to follow the illustrations.
Incest and Sexuality:
by Wendy Maltz and Beverly Holman. ISBN 0-669-14085-6, 1987. $13.95 USA. "This book
provides survivors of child sexual abuse with concrete help regarding their feelings,
thoughts, and behaviors about their won sexuality. This book fills the gap for in-depth
information about the impact of childhood sexual trauma on the adult survivors sexuality.
It will serve as a valuable resource to both clinician and survivor." Dr. Eliana Gil,
author of Outgrowing the Pain.
I Never
Told Anyone. Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. Edited by Ellen
Bass and Louise Thornton. 1983 ISBN 0-06-0967538. A collection of first-person accounts of
child sexual abuse told through stories and poems, by women of all ages and circumstances.
Inside Scars. Incest recovery as told by a survivor and her therapist.
Sheila L Sisk and Charlotte Foster Hoffman. Pandora Press. 1987 ISBN 0-9619059-0-5 $11.42
Canadian. This book documents the process of Sheila's healing journey from the survivor
and therapist perspectives. It takes us through the many facets and places of healing.
Sharing the pain and the joy.
Jennifer and Her Selves. Gerald Schoenewolf. Dell. 1991 ISBN 0-440-21287-1
$5.99 Can. Billed as "A session-by-session therapist's account of his treatment of a
multiple personality", it is actually a number of well chosen session notes in
chronological order.
Magic Daughter, The:
A memoir of Living with Multiple Personality Disorder. Jane Phillips. 1995 Penguin Press.
ISBN 0-14-02455-7 $15.99 Cdn / $11.95 US. This is a very interesting and informative book
from an 'experiential' perspective. As Jane's story unfolds, the reader gets a very real
impression of the day to day impact of this disorder on her life. Worth reading.
Managing Traumatic Stress Through Art: Drawing From the Center. Barry M.
Cohen, et al. 1995 Sidran. ISBN 0-9629164-7-1 $27.95 Can. This workbook looks to be an
excellent means of expression. It contains some structured exercises developed to assist
in managing distress, acknowledging/regulating emotions, and being/functioning in the
world.
Multiple Personality Disorder from the Inside Out. Barry M. Cohen (et al).
Sidran Press. 1991 ISBN 0-9629164-0-4 Approx. $23.75 Canadian. A selection of writings by
individuals who have Mpd and their significant others. Topics covered include the complex
issues of diagnosis, therapy, and maintaining personal relationships.
