Empowering Survivors of Abuse

Empowering Survivors of Abuse
Author: Jacquelyn C. Campbell
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1998
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

How can the health care system be transformed from a site of further victimization to a place of sanctuary and empowerment for battered women and their children? Empowering Survivors of Abuse provides nurses, physicians, social workers, and public health professionals with the skills needed to effectively intervene in cases of domestic violence. This comprehensive yet accessible volume contains an excellent compilation of original research along with clinical, policy, and educational applications to guide the reader toward an understanding of abused womenÆs experience. Empowering Survivors of Abuse is one of the first books to address issues and interventions specific to abused women of special populations including chapters on adolescent, African American, Native American, Hispanic, migrant, and rural women. Strategies for violence prevention, early identification, clinical interventions, and policy reformation are vital topics covered by contributors who are directly involved, on a daily basis, with victims of interpersonal violence. An invaluable addition to the scholarly-based, practical literature, Empowering Survivors of Abuse is relevant to a variety of readers in the fields of nursing, mental health, criminal justice, and social work. This book is also a must-have for shelter and system advocates, policy makers, and health planners as well as advanced students in these areas.

Surviving Sexual Violence

Surviving Sexual Violence
Author: Thema Bryant-Davis
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2011-10-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 144220639X

Victims of sexual assault experience their trauma in different ways, and often one path to recovery and healing is right for one person, but not right for another. While there are some general mental health effects of sexual violence, this book outlines and describes the impact of particular types of sexual violation. Whether the survivor has experienced childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault during adulthood, marital rape, sexual harassment, sex trafficking, or sexual violence within the military, they will find aspects of her experience in these pages. Once survivors understand the ways in which they have been affected, they are introduced to various pathways to surviving sexual violence and moving forward. The chapters provide case examples and specific activities which give a fuller description of the ways survivors can make use of the particular approaches, which include mind-body practices, counseling, group therapies, self-defense training, and others. Anyone who has been a victim of sexual violence, or knows and cares about someone who has, will find relief in these pages, which offer practical approaches to finding balance and healing.

Joining Forces

Joining Forces
Author: Howard Fradkin, Dr.
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2012-11-05
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1401941354

This inspirational book was written to empower male survivors of sexual victimization at any age to overcome the effects of trauma and learn to thrive. Male survivors often struggle to feel any sense of hope for the future, so Joining Forces is designed to inspire them and their allies with easily mastered skills developed over the course of psychologist Dr. Howard Fradkin’s 30-year career, and the real-life experiences of other survivors who have learned to thrive. Each chapter invites survivors to dare to dream that they can take another step in their healing process by leaving their isolation behind; challenging their dysfunctional beliefs and replacing them with healthier, functional messages; practicing healing exercises; reading about the struggles and successes of men just like them; and learning how to build hope through the use of affirmations. This book is unique in that it is based on the experiences of over 800 participants in MaleSurvivor Weekends of Recovery. The tools taught during those workshops, plus many more developed through Dr. Fradkin’s clinical experiences, are presented so that each survivor has an opportunity to use coping skills as he faces the challenges of his recovery. Survivors and their allies will learn that they are not alone in their struggles and that others have walked in their path, become stronger, and found a sense of freedom. They’ll read about how to make healthier choices to enhance their relationships, emotional functioning, and job performance and to thrive in their lives.

Empowering Survivors

Empowering Survivors
Author: Eric McAbee
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-02-18
Genre:
ISBN:

"Empowering Survivors: An Introduction to Emotional Abuse Awareness" - the book that will help you understand and overcome emotional abuse. This comprehensive guide is written by experts in the field and is designed to empower survivors with the knowledge and skills needed to break free from the cycle of abuse. "Empowering Survivors" provides a clear and concise introduction to emotional abuse, including its signs and symptoms, its impact on mental health and well-being, and how to recognize it. It also includes practical tools and strategies to help survivors overcome the effects of emotional abuse, such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and difficulty in forming healthy relationships. With this book, you will learn how to identify emotional abuse in your own life or the lives of loved ones. You will discover the steps to take to seek help, including information on hotlines, counseling and therapy, support groups, and advocacy organizations. The book also covers legal protections available to survivors, including domestic violence laws, workplace harassment laws, child abuse laws, and elder abuse laws. "Empowering Survivors" is an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand and overcome emotional abuse. It provides a comprehensive introduction to emotional abuse awareness, and will empower you with the knowledge and tools needed to break free from the cycle of abuse. Get your copy today and take the first step towards a life of freedom and empowerment.

Reclaiming Pleasure

Reclaiming Pleasure
Author: Holly Richmond
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1684038448

Go beyond surviving to reclaim your sexual self. If you have experienced sexual abuse, assault, harassment, or rape, you may feel disconnected from your sexual self—even if you’ve overcome the initial trauma of your experience. You are a survivor; but surviving is just the beginning. This book explores what comes next. Written by a psychotherapist and grounded in cutting-edge research, Reclaiming Pleasure picks up where other sexual trauma recovery books leave off. It offers practical tools to help you cultivate a sense of safety, security and trust in order to reclaim the vitality, pleasure and great sex you deserve. The book will also serve as your compass on a journey toward the rediscovery of desire, letting you explore what you want from others and for yourself. This groundbreaking book will help you: Understand the lasting mental, physical, sexual, and relational impacts of sexual trauma Move beyond feelings of shame Reclaim pleasure and reignite passion in your life Surviving is merely the first step in the process of recovery from sexual trauma. With this sex-positive and empowering guide, you are invited to take your recovery to the next level. You’ll feel emboldened by the desire for better sex, healthier relationships, and a more connected, pleasurable life.

The Mosaic Mind

The Mosaic Mind
Author: Regina A. Goulding
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Adult child sexual abuse victims
ISBN: 9780393701784

Argues that the healthy personality is naturally multiple, and suggests inner dialogs that adult victims of child abuse can use to heal each portion of their personality

God Made All of Me

God Made All of Me
Author: Justin S. Holcomb
Publisher: New Growth Press
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2015-08-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1942572557

This simply told, beautifully illustrated story from the authors of Rid of My Disgrace and Is It My Fault? helps two- to eight-year-olds understand why their bodies matter and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate touch. God Made All of Me gently opens a conversation that every family needs to have.

Finding Your Voice

Finding Your Voice
Author: Mannette Morgan
Publisher: Made For Success Publishing
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-09-22
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1641463759

"An excellent book which can help not only survivors of abuse, but all women who are feeling like victims." – Library Journal Finding Your Voice is a personal, comprehensive guide for survivors of abuse making the journey toward healing. Led by an author who has walked the path for more than three decades, readers will find encouragement and hope as they move step-by-step to a place of recovery. Part memoir, part blueprint for recovery, Finding Your Voice uses a mix of personal anecdotes, accumulated knowledge, expert techniques and good, common sense to help readers navigate a new path in the aftermath of abuse. With clear instructions and insightful examples, the author leads readers through the five stages of healing— while teaching them how to improve and strengthen their relationships - built upon the foundation of years of self-help work, therapy, and reflection, and the author’s own transformative approach to healing. • Recognize abuse • Embrace the Big 3- Self acceptance, love and self-respect • Understand how your behaviors are the key to lasting change • Learn how to manifest your true desire • Discover the joy you deserve by applying the “Happy Booster.” The healing journey takes time and patience. The mix of empathy, practicality and encouragement running throughout Finding Your Voice provides the ideal guide for that journey. A workbook is available as a companion to Finding Your Voice.

Empowering Women Who Suffer in Silence from Domestic Abuse

Empowering Women Who Suffer in Silence from Domestic Abuse
Author: Millicent Y Black
Publisher:
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2020-02-28
Genre:
ISBN:

This book seeks to develop a model to train church and community leaders to become vehicles of empowerment, recovery, and restoration for victims/survivors of domestic abuse. The problem was the church's lack of care and support for women who suffer from the effects of domestic abuse. The hypothesis was when church memberships become instruments of healing, and domestic abuse survivors will be willing to seek refuge in the church. This project was tested using a mixed-method approach from observations, Bible study, a workshop, and pre- and post-test. The desired outcome is having the women leave this experience empowered with voices to address their abuses in a socio-religious context.

Choose Life!

Choose Life!
Author: Yvonne Ellis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2019-01-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781999859015

An honest and heartfelt book about the effects of child sexual abuse and recovering from the aftermath. The psychological wounds left by sexual abuse can take decades to heal and the stigma it carries can make the strongest of us feel uncomfortable, but in Choose Life, Yvonne Ellis bravely tackles the issue head-on. As a survivor of sexual abuse, Yvonne shares her own story and draws on personal experience to show her reader that there is hope and that they have the power to take back control of their life. In this impacting and insightful book, Yvonne gives survivors of sexual abuse the knowledge and tools they will need to empower themselves, and the encouragement to face their journey to healing.