The Right to Innocence: Healing the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse"A practical and powerful must-read book for all who have suffered childhood sexual abuse, their family members and loved ones, and for all mental health professionals." Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D. Author of MAKING PEACE WITH YOUR PARENTS As a trained therapist and sufferer of sexual abuse herself, Beverly Engel knows that there is probably no trauma a child can suffer that makes her or him feel more alone than sexual abuse. This helpful book offers hope for recovery with exercises, visualizations, and techniques that support you through a seven-step program, that will aid you in: facing the truth, releasing your anger, confronting those responsible with facts and feelings, forgiving yourself, and more healing advice and information. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
You Are Not Alone | 17 |
What It Is and What | 33 |
Copyright | |
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The Right to Innocence: Healing the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse Beverly Engel, M.F.C.C. No preview available - 1990 |
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