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Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (66 p.)
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Medallion Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (300 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Painstakingly honest, this chilling memoir reveals how a teenager became immersed in the bizarre life of legendary porn star John Holmes. Starting with a childhood that molded her perfectly to fall for the seduction of "the king of porn," this autobiography recounts the perilous road that Dawn Schiller traveled-from drugs and addiction to beatings, arrests, forced prostitution, and being sold to the drug underworld. After living through the horrific...
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Language
English
Description
How could it be wrong to save the children by starting an orphanage? Oh, in so many ways . . . Tara Winkler first arrived in Cambodia to join a tour group in 2005 and was taken to visit a small orphanage in Battambang. The children were living in extreme poverty, and Tara was determined to raise money to help them. Two years later, after fundraising in Australia, Tara returned to Battambang only to discover that the same children were in deep trouble....
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Language
English
Description
"In one of the year's most anticipated thrillers #1 New York Times bestseller Sarah Pekkanen calls "Alex Finlay's best yet," What Have We Done is a tale about the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever. A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A reality TV producer with a debt. Three disparate lives. One deadly secret. Twenty five years ago, Jenna, Donnie, and Nico were the best of friends, a bond...
Author
Publisher
Lemon Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (300 p.)
Language
English
Description
"An amazing story about overcoming tremendous obstacles, including abuse.M Gusby WSAV3 Ga The road that led Kennesaw Taylor back to Milledgeville was marked with a non-existent childhood, a madman and murder. Jonathan Jackson Union Recorder Milledgeville Ga A horrific story, not a horror story. A good book, not a happy book. I'm amazed he lived through all this.Laura Starling."--
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (384 p.)
Language
English
Description
"This is a courageous and moving story written by a courageous woman, in which she describes vividly her experiences of some of the best and the worst of human behaviour. It should provide help and insight to many people who are enduring mental suffering. It is a powerful lesson for those who live with, care and provide support for people with mental disturbance and those who administer health- care systems." Prof. Fred Toates and Dr. Olga Coschug-Toates....
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (74 p.)
Language
English
Description
"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,...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (90 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Not long after my three children went to live with their mother and her boyfriend, they began complaining about the terrible new life they encountered in their new home. They and I discussed the different situations and tried to work out ways in which they could make things better. This book recounts how I strove to help them deal with their new circumstances. Some helped, others are pending."--
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (250 p.)
Language
English
Description
"R. Mendez grew up abused and neglected in an era of which society provided few alternatives for abused women and children - it meant just remaining in that situation. This is the life of a battered child, who grows up to be a battered wife. However, despite the impossible situation she found the courage to literally reinvent herself. "It is time to tell my story in hopes of helping others. I am not a doctor or psychologist. My only credits on the...
10) Why Me?
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (121 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Sarah Burleton was born in a little town in Illinois to a very emotionally disturbed woman. Her first book, "Why Me" chronicles the abuse she experienced at the hands of her mother throughout her entire childhood. She has made it her life's goal to get her story out to the world and to become an ambassador to children who are experiencing the same frightening childhood that she experienced. This was an extremely difficult book for me to write as...
11) Empty Chairs
Author
Publisher
Tim Roux - Taylor Street and That Right Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (225 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Stacey Danson, lived through and beyond horrific child abuse. This book tells of her brutal beginnings, the streets of Sydney at the age of eleven were preferable to the hell she endured at home. She ran, and those streets became her home for five years. She was alone, ill, and afraid. Stacey also had an unshakeable belief that she would do more than just survive her life. She would not allow her future to be determined by the horrors of her...
Author
Language
English
Description
"This pioneering self-help book takes a close look at a topic that has been ignored or downplayed by other books on incest and childhood sexual abuse: that the non-perpetrating parent usually bears a great deal of responsibility for the child's abuse. In this examination of the complicated dynamics of abuse, the enabling mother is not treated as a victim, rather as an adult responsible for her failure to protect her child. Self-help exercises are...
13) Child Molestation Stories: Voices of Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (Molestation, Rape, and Incest)
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 p.)
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (272 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Building the Bonds of Attachment is the second edition of a critically and professionally acclaimed book for social workers, therapists, and parents who strive to assist children with reactive attachment disorder. This work is a composite case study of the developmental course of one child following years of abuse and neglect. Building the Bonds of Attachment focuses on both the specialized psychotherapy and parenting that is often necessary in facilitating...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (394 p.)
Language
English
Description
"It's my 40th birthday today and I'm trying to smile, but as I look in the mirror all I can see is an empty shell, someone waiting to die... You could never tell that anything was wrong with me by just looking at me, as I dress clean and I keep myself tidy, and I have a smile on my face that hides my emotions and over the years I've become an expert at hiding behind it" This is the shocking true story of an innocent girl abused by the very people...
Author
Publisher
Booktrope
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (254 pages)
Language
English
Description
Can this family survive the truth? Closure should have come swiftly with the funeral and nailing of the casket, but instead of finding peace, the old man's death reopened old wounds left to fester for decades. Sahar Abdulaziz's haunting new Women's Contemporary Fiction, As One Door Closes, is a stark and dramatic testament to the devastation that comes with hiding sexual abuse, and protecting the 'secret' rather than the victim. Will five very different...
17) Gossamer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
18) Darker
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Series
Language
English
Description
Their scorching, sensual affair ended in heartbreak and recrimination, but Christian Grey cannot get Anastasia Steele out of his mind, or his blood. Determined to win her back, he tries to suppress his darkest desires and his need for complete control, and to love Ana on her own terms. But the horrors of his childhood still haunt him, and Ana's scheming boss, Jack Hyde, clearly wants her for himself. Can Christian's confidant and therapist, Dr. Flynn,...
Author
Language
English
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Bestselling novelist Danielle Steel takes us on a harrowing journey into the heart of America's hidden shame in a novel that explores the power of forgiveness, the dark side of childhood, and one woman's unbreakable spirit.
From her secret perch at the top of the stairs, Gabriella Harrison watches the guests arrive at her parents' lavish Manhattan townhouse. At seven, she knows she is an intruder in her parents' party, in her parents'...
From her secret perch at the top of the stairs, Gabriella Harrison watches the guests arrive at her parents' lavish Manhattan townhouse. At seven, she knows she is an intruder in her parents' party, in her parents'...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 134 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"When trauma occurs early in life, children do not develop the capacity to regulate their experience, to calm themselves down when they're upset, to soothe themselves, to interact in appropriate ways with other people, to learn from their behavior" Margaret Blaustein, PhD. The impact of abuse and neglect on children, on their behaviors, on their sense of self, and on their capacity to form attachments with new caregivers can pose challenges for foster...
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