Resources

Recommended Reading for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Courage To Heal: Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse – Bass/Davis
Courage To Heal Workbook: For Women and Men – Davis
Courage To Heal: ( double cassettes – read by authors ) – Bass/Davis
Scream Louder: Through Hell and Healing with an Incest Survivor – Utain
Scream Louder: Healing an Incest Survivor – Utain/Oliver
Reclaiming Our Lives: Hope for Adult Survivors of Incest – Poston/Lison
The Woman Inside: From Incest Victim to Survivor – Barnes
Strong At The Broken Places: Overcoming the Trauma of Childhood Abuse – Sandford
Reach For The Rainbow: Advanced Healing for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse – Finney
Right To Innocence: Healing the Trauma of Child Sexual Abuse – Engel
Obsidian Mirror: An Adult Healing from Incest – Wisechild
Growing Through Pain: The Incest Survivor’s Companion – Bronson
Incest and Sexuality: Guide to Understanding and Healing – Maltz/Holman
Healing Victims of Sexual Abuse – Sandford
Incest and Human Love: The Betrayal of the Soul in Psychotherapy – Stein
Rebirth of Power: Overcoming the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse Through the Experience of Others – Gorcey/Portwood/Sanders
Recovering From Incest: Imagination and the Healing Process – Kane
Healing the Incest Wound – Courtois
I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors – Bass/Thornton
Voices in the Night: Women Speak About Incest – McMaron/Morgan
My Father’s House: A Memoir of Incest and Healing – Fraser
Cry Hard and Swim: The Story of an Incest Survivor – Spring
I Couldn’t Cry When Daddy Died – Galey
When Rabbit Howls: Trudi Chase ( autobiography )
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings: ( autobiography ) – Angelou
Rescuing the ‘Inner Child’ – Parks
Blasphemous Rumours: Satanic Abuse, Fact, Fantasy? – Boyd
Allies in Healing – Davis

Adult Survivors of Physical/Sexual Abuse

Outgrowing the Pain: For and About Adults Abused as Children – Gil
Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Abused Even if they are Adults Now – Daugherty
Alive and Well: A Lesbian Health Guide. Sections on physical and sexual abuse – Hepburn
The Black Women’s Health Book: Sections on Physical and Sexual Abuse – White
Treatment of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse: Therapists Book – Gil
Fresh Start: A Self Help Book For Women – ( NZ Women’s Refuge )
Sexual Healing Journey: Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse – Maltz
Ideas for Therapy With Sexual Abuse ( AUS ) – Durant/White
Getting Free: You Can End Abuse – NiCarthy
Keeping The Faith: Questions and Answers for Abused Women – Fortune
The Charm Syndrome: Why Charming Men Can Make Dangerous Lovers – Horley

Child Sexual Abuse

Sexual Assault of Children and Adolescents – Burgess/Groth/Holmstrom/Sgroi
Treating Sexually Abused Children and Their Families – James/Nasjleti
Father–Daughter Rape – Ward
Best Kept Secret: Sexual Abuse of Children – Rush
Father Daughter Incest – Herman
Child Sexual Abuse – La Fontaine
Battle and the Backlash: The Child Abuse War – Hechler
Unofficial Secrets: Child Sexual Abuse, the Cleveland Case – Campbell
Child Sexual Abuse: Confronting the Problem – Briggs
For Your Child’s Sake – Saphira
Sexual Abuse of Children: 2nd edition – Saphira
By Silence Betrayed: Child Sexual Abuse in America – Crewdson
Confronting Child Abuse: Research for Effective Programme Design – Daro
A Very Touching Book – Hindman
Keep Children Safe – Briggs
We Can Say No: A Child’s Guide – Pithers
For Your Child’s Sake: Understanding Sexual Abuse – Saphira
Katy’s Yukky Problem – Morgan
I Told My Secret: A Book for Kids Who Were Abused, 5-9 years – Gil
Look Back, Stride Forward: ( NZ ) – Saphira/Mcintyre

Alice Miller

Drama of Being a Child
Drama of the Gifted Child: Same Book, New Preface
Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society’s Betrayal of the Child
For Your Own Good: Violence and Children
Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries
Untouched Key: Tracing Childhood Trauma in Creativity and Destructiveness
Prisoners of Childhood
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence

Suzanne Sgroi

Handbook of Clinical Interventions in Child Sexual Abuse
Vulnerable Populations Vol 1: Evaluation and Treatment of Sexually
Abused Children and Adult Survivors
Vulnerable Populations Vol 2: Sexual Abuse Treatment for Child-Adult
Survivors, Offenders and Persons with Mental Problems

Child Abuse (In General)

Recognising Child Abuse: A Guide for the Concerned – Besharov
Child Abuse: Practical Guide for Those Who Help – Jorgenson
Child Abuse and Neglect: A Guide for Educators and Community Leaders – Erickson/McEvoy/Colucci
Too Old To Cry: Abused Teens in Today’s America – Ackerman/Graham

For Sexually Abused Children And Young People

Out In The Open: A Guide for Young People who have been Sexually Abused – Bain/Sanders
Stepping Out: Incest Information for Girls – Marsh
Taking Care of Me: A Healing Work Book ( NZ ) 5-10years ( 1990) – Eder/Smith
Too Close For Comfort: Sexually Molested Children in Criminal Court (revised edition) – Smith
Katie’s Yukky Problem: 4-10 years ( NZ ) – Morgan
Megan’s Secret: 8-16years – Morgan
Daniel and his Therapist: 5-14 years ( NZ ) – Morgan
What’s Wrong With Bottoms: Child Abused by Uncle 5-10 years( NZ ) – Hessel
Something Happened To Me: 3-7 years – Sweet
Push Me, Pull Me: 14 year old Abused by Mother’s Boyfriend – Chick
Gillyflower: A Young Girl Abused by her Father, 9-14 years – Howard
Secrets Not Meant to be Kept: Abuse at Nursery School, 11-16 years – Miklowitz
Secrets: ( 1990 ) ( NZ ) – Gorrin
He Tapu To Tinana: Your Body is Special ( Maori/English ) ( NZ ) 3-6 years

Client Abuse

Sex in the Forbidden Zone: When Men in Power – Therapists, Doctors, Clergy, Teachers and Others – Betray Women’s Trust – Rutter
Sex in the Therapy Hour: A Case of Professional Incest – Bates/Brodsky
Is Nothing Sacred? When Sex Invades the Pastoral Relationship – Fortune
Injustice: A NZ Woman’s Story – Miller

Christian Perspectives on Violence and Abuse

Pastoral Care of Battered Women – Clark
Sexual Violence: The Unmentionable Sin, an Ethical and Pastoral Perspective – Fortune
Keeping The Faith: Questions and Answers for the Abused Woman – Fortune
Sexual Abuse Prevention: A Study for Teenagers – Fortune
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: Curriculum for ages 9 – 12 years – Reid/Fortune
Escaping the Shadows, Seeking the Light: Christians in Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse – Brewer
Surviving The Secret: Healing the Hurts of Sexual Abuse – Verdevelt/Rodriguez
Child Sexual Abuse: A Handbook for Clergy and Church Members – Carlson
No Place to Hide: Wife Abuse – Olson

Rape/Harassment

No Fairy Godmothers, No Magic Wands: Healing Process after Rape – Katz
I Never Called it Rape: The MS Report on Recognising, Fighting and Surviving Rape – Warshaw
Recovering from Rape – Ledray
Quest for Respect: A Healing Guide for Survivors of Rape – Braswell
Warning! Dating May be Hazardous to Your Health – McShane
Sexual Harassment: Dealing with Sexual Abuse, ( NZ ) – Colbert
Free of the Shadows: Recovering from Sexual Violence – Fay/Adams

Education – Young People

No Is Not Enough: Helping Teenagers Avoid Assault – Adams/Fay/Loreen/Martin
No More Secrets: Protecting your Child from Sexual Assault – Adams/Fay
It’s My Body: A Book to Teach Young Children How to Resist Uncomfortable Touch ( 3-6 years) – Freeman
Protect Your Child: A Parent’s Guide ( companion to ‘It’s My Body’) – Hart/Rossi
Close to Home: Saying No is Not Enough. 4 stories. 4-10 years – Wacher
Private Zone: Sexual Assault Prevention Tools for Children – Dayee
We Can Say No: A Child’s Guide 3-7 years – Pithers/Greene
A Very Touching Book: 4-8 years – Hinderman
Keeping Children Safe – Briggs

Recovery

Other Side of the Family: Recovery from Abuse, Incest and Neglect – Ratner
Healing Hidden Memories: Recovery for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse – Williams
Abused No More: Recovery for Women in Abuse and/or Codependent, Alcoholic Relationship – Ackerman
The Healing Way: Adult Recovery of Child Sexual Abuse – Kunzman

Relationships

Really Relating: How to Build an Enduring Relationship – Jansen/Newman
Living, Loving, Learning – Buscagilla
The Dance of Anger: A Guide to Changing Patterns of Intricate Relationships – Lerner
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples – Hendrix
Making Friends: A Guide to Getting Along with People – Matthews
The Dance of Intimacy: A Guide to Change in Relationships – Lerner
Intimate Partners: Patterns in Love and Marriage

Codependence

Codependent No More – Beattie
Women Who Love Too Much – Norwood
Leaving The Enchanted Forest – Covington
Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much – Wilson-Schaef
Facing Codependence – Meollody
Smart Love: Choosing Healthy Relationships – Hayes

Women’s Issues

Women’s Reality – Wilson-Schaef
The Courage to be Yourself: Growing Beyond Dependence – Thoelle
A New Approach to Women and Therapy – Greenspan
Women and Self Esteem – Sandford/Donovan
Women and the Blues – James
Mothers Who Love Too Much – Grizzle
How to be an Assertive ( Not Aggressive ) Woman – Baer
Women’s Burnout: How to Prevent It – Freudenberger

Teens & Sexual Pressure / Abuse

Sexual Abuse Prevention: A Study for Teens – Fortune
Too Old To Cry: Abused Teens – Ackerman/Graham
Too Close for Comfort: Sexually Abused Teenagers – Hayward
Out in the Open: A Guide for Young People who have been Sexually Abused – Bain/Saunders
Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger – Levy

Partners of Survivors

Survivors and Partners – Paul Hansen
Outgrowing the Pain Together – Eliana Gil
Chapters for Partners in “Victims no Longer” – Mike Lew
Courage to Heal – Ellen Bass and Laura Davies