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Alcohol / Drugs
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Adult
Children of Alcoholics. Janet Woititz, Ed.D.
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This classic in the recovery field talks about 13 generalizations that
often come up at ACA meetings. Anyone who has grown up in an alcoholic or other
severely dysfunctional home is likely to recognize themselves in these pages. A
very hopeful book that validates the ACA's self-perceptions, and gives ideas
for how to move beyond them.
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Sexual abuse
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The
Right to Innocence: Healing the trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Beverly
Engel. |
Classics in the field of recovery from sexual abuse, these titles provide
many tools for survivors to use.Written by experts in the field, they use a
calm, compassionate approach to help survivors work through the many issues
they face, and begin the healing process. |
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The
Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse.. Wendy
Maltz. |
Classics in the field of recovery from sexual abuse, these titles provide
many tools for survivors to use.Written by experts in the field, they use a
calm, compassionate approach to help survivors work through the many issues
they face, and begin the healing process. |
Emotional and
Physical Abuse
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The
Gift of Fear. Gavin De Becker
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This is a great book for everyone, especially women. We are
socialized to not "cause trouble" or "make a scene", and
this teaches us to ignore our intuition, especially of danger. The
author goes through the various signals of dangerous situations in general,
and then in specific situations, like domestic violence, danger in the
workplace, and dating issues. The book teaches how to identify the warning
signals of a potential attacker and recommends strategies for dealing with the
problem before it becomes life threatening.
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Healing
the Shame That Binds You. John Bradshaw.
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Bradshaw begins his book by making the distinction between the healthy
and important emotion of shame, and shame as a constant state of being and
identity. The belief that one is completely and permanently defective is
crippling, and ironically allows for no pursuit of redemption or help. Bradshaw
gives some important ideas on ways of breaking some of those ties.
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