Stephanie Gagos - My Voice of Truth - Books on childhood abuse and healing

	Outgrowing the Pain by Eliana Gil Phd This much-needed book pinpoints the typical problems abused children experience when they become adults. The information is presented in a friendly and thorough manner for victims and professionals
	Wayne: An Abused Child's Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope by Wayne Theodore This book is a story that sends the reader careening through episodes of childhood abuse, teenage drug addiction, and as an adult the compulsion to repeat the sins of his father.
	A Child Called It Dave Pelzer David J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this ghastly, fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care, and somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to David, whom she referred to as "an It." This book is a brief, horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she inflicted on him, told from the point of view of the author as a young boy being starved, stabbed, smashed face-first into mirrors, forced to eat the contents of his sibling's diapers and a spoonful of ammonia, and burned over a gas stove by a maniacal, alcoholic mom.
	You Can Heal Your Life Author: Louise Hay The timeless message of the book is that we are each responsible for our own reality and "dis-ease." Hay believes we make ourselves ill by having thoughts of self-hatred. She includes a directory of ailments and emotional causes for each with a corresponding affirmation to help overcome the illness.
	The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis Based on the premise that "everyone wants to become whole," this book offers help and encouragement to women who were sexually abused in childhood. Through moving firstperson narratives, it illustrates how to come to terms with the past and work constructively towards the future. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
	The Courage to Heal Workbook by Laura Davis.
	Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse Workbook Author: Carolyn Ainscough
	Triumph Over Darkness is a collection of writings and drawings that are varied, creative and powerful commentaries on incest, rape and abuse. Through poetry, art, and first person accounts, 70 women share their experiences of childhood sexual abuse and walk with the reader along the path towards wellness.
	Because I Love You: The Silent Shadow Of Child Sexual Abuse by psychotherapist Joyce Allan (Coordinator of the Chid Development Resource Center and past Fellow at the VFH Institute on Violence, Culture, and Survival) is a compelling and revealing report on the psychology, beliefs and values underlying the child abuse associated phenomena of silence-keeping, not only by survivors of child abuse, but by their friends, family, and communities as well.
	Lehman's powerful collection of 11 testimonials from survivors of sexual abuse packs a strong emotional punch. Ranging in age from teen to adult, survivors^B candidly discuss circumstances and recovery. Although the descriptions of abuse aren't graphic, they will disturb some readers. Jennifer Hubert Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
	The effects of childhood abuse often linger on into adulthood, and deeply implanted symptoms continue to have negative impacts on the survivors and their loved ones. By drawing on techniques used by actors, readers can uncover buried feelings, confront painful experiences, and begin to form trusting relationships with others. Act It Out presents these methods in a series of safe, simple, and creative exercises.
	Based on in-depth interviews and her workshops for partners across the country, Laura Davis offers practical advice and encouragement to all partners -- girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, and lovers -- trying to support the survivors in their lives while tending to their own needs along the way.
	As a trained therapist and sufferer of sexual abuse herself, Beverly Engel knows that there is probably no trauma a child can suffer that makes her or him feel more alone than sexual abuse. This helpful book offers hope for recovery with exercises, visualizations, and techniques that support you through a seven-step program, that will aid you in: facing the truth, releasing your anger, confronting those responsible with facts and feelings, forgiving yourself, and more healing advice and information.
	The New York Times Book Review, Derek Bickerton Given her personal involvement, one could have excused [the author] for taking a polemical approach. To her great credit, she does not. Betrayal Trauma is a thoughtful, judicious and thorough scholarly analysis of a subject that has hitherto generated more heat than light.... [S]he argues ... with virtuoso skill, blending vivid anecdote with statistical evidence ... in a highly literate and engaging style. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
	The traumatic affects of childhood sexual abuse can remain and recur throughout life for women who have not healed emotionally. This book by a family therapist shares stories from 18 women abused as children, explaining that healing can occur at any stage of life, and that healing, itself, occurs in stages. The author offers guidance to recognize the long-lingering potential affects of childhood sexual abuse including depression, anxiety, dissociation, and chronic shock, and she outlines steps to take for recovery. Also presented are letters from women who have healed or are in recovery.
	In this provocative book, Dr. Gregory Jantz examines the pervasive yet overlooked problem of emotional abuse-and why it is so common and damaging. Whether you or a loved one has been abused by words, actions, or even indifference, this book will help you understand the effects of the abuse, give you insight into the problems of the abuser, and show you how to overcome the past.
	Healing your body/Mind Body Connection The Mind Body Prescription by John E. Sarno
	The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild
	Soul Mind Body by Dr. Zhi Gang Sha
	Sexual Healing Sexual Healing by Wendy Maltz
	Sexual Healing: Transforming the Sacred Wound Peter Levine
	Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated by David D. Burns
	Healing the Trauma of Abuse (workbook) by Mary Ellen Copeland
	Deadly Emotions by Don Colbert M.D
	Ask and it is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks
	Remembering Wholeness by Carol Tuttle
	Survivor’s Guide to Sex by Staci Haines
	Writing as a way of Healing by Louise Desalvo
	Opening up by James W. Pennebaker
	Signifying Pain by Judith Harris
	Becoming Whole by Linda Joy Myers
	Beauty for the Ashes by Joyce Meyer
	Healing the incest wound by Christine A. Courtois
	I Will Survive The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse by Julia A. Boyd
	Alone and Forgotten : The Sexually Abused Man by Rod Tobin
	Haunted Memories by Perry L. Draper
	Don’t Call Me Mother by Linda Joy Myers

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