Male and female survivors of child molestation, rape, and incest share their stories to let other victims know that they are not alone.Hear stories from girls and boys abused in . . .~ Brief Incidents . . . when I was in the hospital . . . walking home from school . . . in a rest room . . . at the beach . . .~ Continuing Relationships with . . . our neighbor . . . a family friend . . . my mother's boyfriend . . .~ Incest perpetrated by . . . my brother . . . m...

People are saying . . ."A good simple, beginning book for child, teen, and adult survivors"- authors Ellen Bass and Laura Davis describing "Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse" in their groundbreaking book for abuse victims, "The Courage To Heal.""As well as helping victims, it is also a book for people who want to learn more about child sexual abuse"- Adrian Ford, Senior Social Worker at The Children's Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia writing i...

Why would anyone sexually abuse a child? How does it happen!Dr. Lynn Daugherty, clinical psychologist and award-winning author of the classic bestseller "Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Even if they are adults now)" addresses these difficult questions in this book, "Child Molesters, Child Rapists, and Child Sexual Abuse."Clear explanations in easy-to-understand language, illustrated with stories from both victims and abusers, help you:~ Recognize circ...

Your child was sexually abused!You want to help . . . but how?Respected Clinical Psychologist Dr. Lynn Daugherty guides you as you listen and talk to your sexually abused child. Develop a stronger relationship with your son or daughter as you start the journey toward recovery from child molestation, rape, or incest. You can . . .Support your child, through listening and talking.Gain confidence in your own communication skills.Build a solid foundation fo...

Among the most profound manifestations of childhood trauma is that of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Theorists suggest DID can be both adaptive and dysfunctional in nature. "The Dissociation of Abigail" will illustrate how childhood trauma can affect the perception, cognition, and behavior of an individual into their adult years. This case study will discuss client intake, assessment, and potential treatment.Abigail, a tall, attractive, and well-groomed divorced mother of 5 ...

A successful business woman and Chairman of the Board of a multi-million dollar corporation is emotionally compelled after reading a book about childhood sexual abuse to reveal her own traumatic childhood where she became the sexual plaything of a vicious brother and his friends. A gripping dramatic heart-rending recital of the evil that sadistic men and women can visit upon an innocent child virtually an infant.

By the time Timmy Fielding is ten years old, he has already experienced situations that no child should be exposed to. At home, he has a physically and mentally abusive mother and an absentee father. At his school, still out for summer vacation, Timmy is unwittingly lured into a pornography ring by his third-grade teacher. Once he is in, it is almost impossible for him to get out.Untold Stories: How I Survived a Porn Ring tells Fieldings true life story. When not being bea...

Little Timmy is a shy, insecure, nine-year-old boy when he meets Brian Gunther, a third-grade teacher in his elementary school. Nothing awaits him at home except a physically and mentally abusive mother and an absentee father. But when Timmy appears at school one day sporting bruises and a fat lip, everything changes between Mr. Gunther and him.As Mr. Gunther showers Timmy with affection and gifts, he becomes the friend and male role model Timmy has never had in his life. The teach...

The moving, unforgettable new novel from the author of the bestselling inspirational memoir ‘The Little Prisoner’Life was never going to be easy for little Dani Sinclair…On a cold winter's night, a heavily pregnant teenage girl appears at a London hospital. She refuses to give her name, and gives birth to a baby girl. But immediately after the birth, she disappears, leaving the baby alone in the hospital. The child, named Dani after the midwife who delivered her, is put up ...

Separated from her real mother at birth, Anya grew up in terror of her drunken bullying uncle. Beaten, humiliated and sexually abused by him from the age of six, she thought her life couldn't get worse. But one day it did."I was used to Daddy screaming 'whore's child' at me, over and over again. But I couldn't get used to what he made me do."Anya was too terrified to tell anybody about what her uncle did to her. But then he got careless and started abusing her in front of t...

This books gives love, acceptance, and healing to the victims of sexual abuse the abused, the abuser, and their families. It is an invaluable tool for those who counsel and minister to lives fractured by sexual abuse. As a professional counselor, Paula Sandford has helped hundreds of sexual abuse victims successfully deal with their fears, guilt, confusion, and depression. In her personal life, she has seen beloved family members victimized by this cruel enemy of childhood and family life....

The author, working from the Family Institute in Cardiff, has been treating adult survivors of child sexual and physical abuse for several years, and she has clearly and frankly described her work in this book. She begins be describing the context for working with her clients; then describes the way she has welded systemic thinking and a feminist perspective into a theoretical model she uses to understand the problem and to guide her own work with the survivors. The descriptions of the the...