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Ghosts in the Bedroom: A Guide for the Partners of Incest Survivors Ghosts in the Bedroom: A Guide for the Partners of Incest Survivors
by Ken Graber

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LI>As the partner of an incest survivor, do you feel like a neglected victim even though your life has been drastically affected by the aftermath of sexual abuse? Do you fee left out in the cold as you watch them go through recovery? Do you feel isolated... (read more)

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Violence in Families Violence in Families
by Committee On The Ass

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This volume will be of great interest to policymakers, social services providers, health care professionals, police and court officials, victim advocates, researchers, and concerned individuals.... (read more)

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Gal: A True Life Gal: A True Life
by Ruthie Bolton

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Ruthie Bolton was born January 6, 1961, in the Hungry Neck section of Charleston, South Carolina. At the time her mother was thirteen; she has never known who her father was. Her mother was the wandering kind, so Ruthie - nicknamed "Gal" by her step... (read more)

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Children speak for themselves :using the Kempe interactional assessment to evaluate allegations of parent-child sexual abuse Children speak for themselves :using the Kempe interactional assessment to evaluate allegations of parent-child sexual abuse
by Clare Haynes Seman

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Mental health and legal professionals struggle daily with complex challenges presented by allegations that a parent has sexually abused a child. The majority of these cases involve children who cannot or will not verbally disclose the abuse. This... (read more)

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Defending Our Lives: Getting Away from Domestic Violence and Staying Safe Defending Our Lives: Getting Away from Domestic Violence and Staying Safe
by Susan Murphy Milano

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Thousands of women are abused, battered, stalked, and killed by their husbands, boyfriends, lovers, and partners every year. While the O. J. Simpson trial raised domestic abuse to the forefront of public consciousness, no one has offered women concrete... (read more)

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Therapy for Adults Molested as Children: Beyond Survival Therapy for Adults Molested as Children: Beyond Survival
by John Briere

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Substantially expanded and updated, this classic volume provides therapists with detailed information on how to treat sexual abuse survivors more effectively. Dr. Briere offers an integrated theory of postabuse symptom development and suggests certain... (read more)

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Resolving Sexual Abuse: Solution-Focused Therapy and Ericksonian Hypnosis for Adult Survivors Resolving Sexual Abuse: Solution-Focused Therapy and Ericksonian Hypnosis for Adult Survivors
by Yvonne M Dolan

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This text aims to provide therapists with practical techniques that will enable the adult survivor of sexual abuse to address the original trauma, resolve post-traumatic symptomatology and create a healthy future. Emphasis is placed on the victim's... (read more)

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Getting Out: Life Stories of Women Who Left Abusive Men Getting Out: Life Stories of Women Who Left Abusive Men
by Ann Goetting

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Each year, more than 2.5 million cases of battering are reported in the United States, and as many as 2,000 incidents of abuse turn into murder cases. Goetting tells how sixteen women finally got away for good. "Getting Out" recounts not only the stories... (read more)

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The Evolving Woman The Evolving Woman
by Catherine Lanigan

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Chronicling the gripping, real-life stories of women's triumph over abusive relationships, this book is a testament to the resiliency of women.... (read more)

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Dangerous Relationships: How to Identify and Respond to the Seven Warning Signs of a Troubled Relationship Dangerous Relationships: How to Identify and Respond to the Seven Warning Signs of a Troubled Relationship
by Noelle Nelson

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Possessiveness, insensitivity, and a sudden personality change are all warning signs of a potential abuser. Dangerous Relationships will help readers recognize a potentially violent personality before it's too late. Interweaving real-life stories of four... (read more)

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Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners - Understanding Covert Incest Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners - Understanding Covert Incest
by Kenneth M Adams

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Did you have a parent whose love for you felt more confining than freeing, more demanding than giving, more instrusive than nurturing? Did you feel trapped in a psychological marriage with this parent? If so, you may be a victim of covert incest... (read more)

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Ending Men's Violence Against Their Partners: One Road to Peace Ending Men's Violence Against Their Partners: One Road to Peace
by Richard Stordeur

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A major strength of this book is the authors' profeminist approach to the conceptualization and treatment of men's violence against their heterosexual partners. The authors view wife beating as a social and cultural problem rather than simply a problem... (read more)

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Free Yourself from an Abusive Relationship: A Guide to Taking Back Your Life Free Yourself from an Abusive Relationship: A Guide to Taking Back Your Life
by Richard Kraus

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This book is a comprehensive guide to recognizing and dealing with domestic abuse and violence. It outlines the different types and stages of abuse, and provides information on how to change such relationships or escape from them.... (read more)

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Manipulative Man Manipulative Man
by Dorothy Mccoy

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Psychotherapist McCoy shows readers how to identify the type of manipulative man they're involved with, deal with the issues his behavior provokes, and ultimately, salvage the relationship--or move on.... (read more)

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Abuse and Victimization Across the Life Span (Johns Hopkins Series in Contemporary Medicine & Public Health) Abuse and Victimization Across the Life Span (Johns Hopkins Series in Contemporary Medicine & Public Health)
by Martha B Straus

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"Abuse and Victimization across the Life Span" addresses the problem of family violence from a developmental perspective. Rather than limiting the focus to a specific state of development, the book encourages professionals and students to consider the... (read more)

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Broken Trust: Stories of Hope and Healing from Clerical Abuse Survivors and Abusers Broken Trust: Stories of Hope and Healing from Clerical Abuse Survivors and Abusers
by Patrick Fleming

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Form Boston to Los Angeles, Catholic sexual abuse scandals have been widely coverd in the media. Here for the first time the personal stories of those involved, both abusers and survivors, are presented with profound psychological insight. Five priest... (read more)

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Intimate Violence: Attacks Upon Psychic Interiority Intimate Violence: Attacks Upon Psychic Interiority
by Joseph Scalia

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Offering a compassionate view of the interior life of the batterer, this book explains the inner mechanisms of the batterer's violent behavior, analyzes society's negative depictions of abuse as well as general ideas concerning victims, and proposes... (read more)

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A Private Family Matter: A Memoir A Private Family Matter: A Memoir
by Victor Rivas Rivers

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"This is a story about how I was saved by love at a time when most people considered me beyond rescue," begins Victor Rivas Rivers in this powerful chronicle of how he escaped the war zone of domestic violence -- too often regarded as a "private family... (read more)

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Family Violence Prevention & Treat Volume 1 Family Violence Prevention & Treat Volume 1
by Robert Hampton

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What factors contribute to family violence and how can they be identified early so that future violence can be prevented? Addressing these and related issues, the papers in this volume are a testimony to the rapid expansion of research, theory and... (read more)

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Stolen Tomorrows: Understanding and Treating Women's Childhood Sexual Abuse Stolen Tomorrows: Understanding and Treating Women's Childhood Sexual Abuse
by Steven Levenkron

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From the psychotherapist who offered groundbreaking work on self-mutilation, an examination of the psychology of victims of sexual abuse. Acclaimed psychotherapist Steven Levenkron's Stolen Tomorrows is a breakthrough book that will encourage the 30... (read more)

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