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RECOMMENDED READING LIST ON CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE

This list consists of materials appropriate for both service providers and survivors. 

General Resource for Survivors

Adults Molested as Children: 

A Survivor’s Manual for Women and Men

Evan Bear And Peter Dimock

Safer Society Press

 

Beginning to Heal:  A First Book for

Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Ellen Bass And Laura Davis

Harper Collins, 1993

 

Breaking the Silence:  A Personal Story of

Incest and Recovery

Melody Platt

Rainbow Books, Inc., 1998

 

The Courage to Heal

Ellen Bass And Laura Davis

Harper Collins, 1988

 

Families in Recovery:  Healing the

Damage of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Beverly Engel

McGraw-Hill, 2000

 

Healing the Incest Wound: 

Adult Survivors in Therapy

Christine Courtois, Ph.D.

W W Norton, 1988

 

Not Child’s Play:  An Anthology on

Brother-Sister Incest

Risa Shaw

Lunchbox Press, Inc.
(www.LunchboxPress.org)

 

Outgrowing the Pain:  A Book for

and About Adults Abused as Children

Eliana Gil, Ph.D.

Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1988

 

Overcoming Childhood Trauma

Helen Kennerley

New York University, 2000

 

The Right to Innocence:  Healing the

Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Beverly Engel

Random House, 1991

 

The Sexual Healing Journey:  A Guide for

Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Wendy Maltz

Harper Collins, 2001

 

Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse:

Practical Self-Help for Adults who were Sexually Abused as Children

Carolyn Ainscough and Kay Toon

Harper Collins (Fisher Books), 2000

 

Resources for Women

 

Because I Remember Terror, Father,

I Remember You

Sue William Silverman

University of Georgia Press, 1999

 

Day Break – Meditations for Women

Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Maureen Brady

Hazelden Foundation, 1991

 

I Never Told Anyone:  Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Ellen Bass And Louise Thornton

Harper Collins, 1991

 

Lady God

Lesa Luders

New Victoria Publications, 1995

 

Miss America By Day

Marilyn Van Derbur

Oak Hill Ridge Press, 2003

 

The Kiss

Kathryn Harrison

Harper Collins, 1998

 

The Last Secret:  Daughters

Sexually Abused by Mothers

Bobbie Rosencrans and Euan Bear

Safer Society Press, 1997

 

Secret Survivors:  Uncovering Incest

and its Aftereffects in Women

Sue Blume

Random House, 1990

Resources for Men

 

Abused Boys:  The Neglected

Victims of Sexual Abuse

Mic Hunter

Random House, 1991

 

Alone and Forgotten:  The Sexually Abused Man

Rob Tobin

Creative Bound, Inc., 1999

 

In My Father’s Arms:  A True Story of Incest

Walter De Milly

University of Wisconsin Press, 1999

 

Leaping upon the Mountains:  Men Proclaiming Victory over Sexual Child Abuse

Mike Lew and Richard Hoffman

North Atlantic Books, 2000

 

The Tricky Part

Martin Moran

Random House/Anchor Books Beacon Press, 2002

 

Victims No Longer:  Men Recovering from Incest and Other Sexual Child Abuse

Mike Lew and Ellen Bass

Harper Collins, 1990

 

Wounded Boys Heroic Men:  A Man’s Guide to Recovering from Child Abuse

Daniel Sonkin and Lenore Walker

Adams Media Corp., 199

Resources for Partners

Allies in Healing:  When the Person You Love was Sexually Abused as a Child

Laura Davis

Harper Collins

 

Ghosts In The Bedroom:  A Guide for Partners of Incest Survivors

Ken Graber

Health Communications, 1991

 

Survivors and Partners:  Healing Relationships of Sexual Abuse Survivors

Paul A. Hansen

Heron Hill Publishing, 1991

 

Trust After Trauma:  A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them

Aphrodite Matsakis

New Harbinger Public, 1998

 

What About Me?  A Guide for Men Helping Female Partners Deal with Childhood Sexual Abuse

Grant Cameron

Creative Bound, Inc., 1994

 

When You are the Partner of a Rape or Incest Survivor:  A Workbook for You

Robert Levine

Resource Publications, 1996

Clinical Resources

 

Betrayed as Boys

Richard B. Gartner

Guilford Publications, 1999

 

Child Abuse Trauma

John N. Briere

Sage Publications, 1992

 

Dissociative Identity Disorder

L. Cohen, J. Berzoff, M. Elin

Jason Aronson, Inc., 1995

 

Memory and Abuse:  Remembering

and Healing the Wounds of Trauma

Charles Whitfield, M.D. and Christine Courtois

Health Communications, 1995

 

Traumatic Stress

Bessel Valderkolk

Guilford Publications, 1996

Other Resources

 

Boundaries:  Where You End and I Begin

Anne Katherine

Simon & Schuster, 1993

 

The Gift of Fear:  Survival Signal that

Protect Us from Violence

Gavin De Becker

Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998

 

Healing the Child Within

Charles L. Whitfield, M.D.

Health Communications, 1987

 

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook

Glenn R. Schiraldi

McGraw-Hill, 2000

 

Protecting the Gift:  Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)

Gavin De Becker

Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1999

 

Trauma and Recovery

Judith Herman, M.D.

Harper Collins, 1997

 

Waking the Tiger:  Healing Trauma:  The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences

Paul Levine and Anne Frederick

Harper Collins, 1997

 

Your Perfect Right

R. Alberti, Ph.D. and M. Emmons, Ph.D.

Impact Publishers, 1982

 
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