Resources
Sexual Abuse
"The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse"
by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis. Published by Harper-Perennial, New York, 1992.
~~~~This book is an excellent overview to the issues one faces as a sexual abuse
survivor. Areas covered in the book include "The Healing Process", "Changing
Patterns", "For Supporters of Survivors" and a section of survivor's experiences.
It also has a very good Resource section, with over 600 entries.
"Father-Daughter Incest"
by Judith Herman. Published by Harvard University
Press, Cambridge, 1981.
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Survivor's Accounts
"Kiss Daddy Goodnight: Ten Years Later"
by Louise Armstrong. Published by
Pocket Books, New York, 1987.
"I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse"
by Ellen Bass and Louise Thornton. Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1991.
"Don't. A Women's Word"
by Elly Danica. Published by Cleis Pres, Pittsburgh, 1987.
"My Father's House: A Memoir of Incest and Healing"
by Sylvia Fraser. Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1987.
"Growing Through the Pain. The Incest Survivor's Companion"
Published by
Parkside Publishing, Park Ridge, IL, 1989.
"Voices in the Night: Women Speaking About Incest"
by Toni McNaron and Yarrow Morgan. Published by Cleis Press, Pittsburgh, 1982. Includes mother-daughter incest.
"The Obsidian Mirror: An Adult Healing from Incest"
Published by Seal Press, Seattle, 1988.
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Healing
"Adults Molested as Children: A Survivor's Manual for Women and Men"
by Evan Bear and Peter Dimock. Published by Safer Society Press, Orwell, VT, 1988.
"Growing Through the Pain: The Incest Survivor's Companion"
by Catherine Bronson. Published by Prentice-Hall, New York, 1989.
"The Courage to Heal Workbook"
by Laura Davis. Published by HarperCollins, New York, 1990.
~~~~Includes exercises that go along with the stages of Healing in "The Courage to Heal".
"Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and about Adults Abused as Children"
by Eliana Gil. Published by Launch Press, Walnut Creek, CA, 1983.
"Reclaiming Our Lives: Hope for Adult Survivors of Incest"
by Carol Poston and Karen Lison. Published by Bantam, New York, 1989.
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Women Sexual Abusers
"When You're Ready: A Woman's Guide to Healing from Childhood Physical and
Sexual Abuse by Her Mother"
by Kathy Evert and Inie Bijerk. Published by Launch Press, Walnut Creek, CA, 1988.
"Thicker than Water"
by Kathryn Harrison. Published by Random House,
New York, 1991.
"Mirror Image"
by Linda Gray Sexton. Published by Coubleday, New York, 1985.
~~~~A Novel.
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Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder
"Becoming One: A Story of Triumph over Multiple Personality Disorder"
by Sarah E. Olson ©1997
~~~~This book documents the author's four-year process of discovery and recovery. It offers healing and hope for survivors and helps create understanding in people who care about someone who is a survivor.
"Minds in Many Pieces: Revealing the Spiritual Side of Multiple Personality Disorder"
by Ralph B. Allison & Ted Schwarz with an introduction by Philip M. Coons ©1999 2nd edition
~~~~Allison is a psychotherapist who treats patients with MPD. This book incorporates case histories and tells of his work with his patients' "internal Self Halper" to aid in their recovery process. An excellent book full of humanity, mistakes made and successes.
"More than Survivors"
by James G. Friesen ©1997
~~~~Survivors tell their stories and how they deal with daily life as a multiple.
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Ritual Abuse/Satanic Ritual Abuse
"Double Vision: A Travelogue of Recovery from Ritual Abuse"
by Anna Richardson ©1997
~~~An account of Ritual Abuse, the impact of it on the author's life and life afterwards. This book contains material on a woman loving another woman and the unexpected help from a Congregational Minister. It goes throug the process of healing from severe abuse.
"Reaching for the Light: A Guide for Ritual Abuse Survivors and Their Therapists"
by Emilie P. Rose ©1996
~~~~A step-by-step guide to understanding and effectively dealing with the impact of ritual and cult abuse. This book also contains survivor stories and definitions of MPD and Ritual Abuse. It was written by a Ritual Abuse survivor.
This page © Danielle Bond. This page was created September 13, 1999.
This page was last updated May 23, 2001.
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