Coping with / advice about abuse Books
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Sexual Healing Journey
Book SynopsisA guide that helps survivors of sexual abuse to improve their relationships and discover the joys of sexual intimacy. It takes them step-by-step through the recovery process using groundbreaking exercises and techniques. It helps them to create a positive meaning for sex and develop a healthy sexual self-concept.
£10.44
Rockridge Press The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook: Healing from
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Working with the Trauma of Rape and Sexual
Book SynopsisThe trauma caused by rape and sexual assault can often be further compounded by unthinking or insensitive comments from people who may judge, disbelieve or disparage the victim.This authoritative resource draws together advice for all people in the helping professions on how to work with victims of rape and sexual violence. The wide-ranging topics cover the effects of rape, male rape, childhood sexual abuse, sex trafficking and prostitution, and sexually transmitted infections, giving best practice advice on how to offer effective and compassionate support to help survivors.Trade ReviewThis guide will provide an outstanding resource to support all of those who work in this field. It is well written by someone who has a profound knowledge and understanding of this subject and sensitively details, real case studies, clarity on rape, power and control, consequences and how to support. The author Sue Daniels, is credible and demonstrates a passion and commitment to making a difference in the sphere of all forms of abuse. An essential read. -- Cheryl George, Consultant in Public HealthMs. Daniels admirably disseminates good, hands-on information for professionals of any discipline whose work intersects with male and female survivors of sexual assault. This book is an excellent guide for ensuring the most therapeutic outcomes for survivors, and not doing the further harms that have sometimes been the product of ignorance. -- Louise McOrmond-Plummer, Intimate partner sexual violence author and specialist, AustraliaI think Sue has done a great service producing this well researched book on such a grim subject. She describes the many forms of abusive behaviour and the symptoms they produce with great clarity and compassion. It will help many who struggle to heal the tortured souls of victims. -- Ivan Tyrrell, Director of Human Givens College and co-author of Human Givens: A new approach to emotional Health and Clear ThinkingTable of Contents1. The Traumatic Effects of Rape and Sexual Violence. 2. Male Rape, Sexual Assault and Violence. 3. (DFSA) Drug Facilitated Sexual assault. 4. Childhood Sexual Abuse, Sibling Sexual Abusive Behaviour and Grooming and Conditioning Behaviours. 5. Internet Child Pornography and Pseudo Paedophilia. 6. Child Sex Trafficking and Prostitution. 7. (STIs) Sexually Transmitted Infections. 8. (FME) Forensic Medical Examination. 9. Rape and the Law. 10. Sex Offender Patterns of Behaviour and Sex Offenders Register. 11. Reflective Case Histories. 12. Working with Victims and the Aftermath and The Benefit of Intervention.
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HarperCollins Publishers Girl Alone
Book SynopsisAged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father''s suicide. She''s never gotten over it.This is the true story of Joss, 13 who is angry and out of control. At the age of nine, Joss finds her father's dead body. He has committed suicide. Then her mother remarries and Joss bitterly resents her step-father who abuses her mentally and physically.Cathy takes Joss under her wing but will she ever be able to get through to the warm-hearted girl she sees glimpses of underneath the vehement outbreaks of anger that dominate the house, and will Cathy be able to build up Joss's trust so she can learn the full truth of the terrible situation?Trade ReviewThe multi-million copy bestselling author.
£9.49
New Harbinger Publications Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members: Tools to
Book SynopsisCutting ties with a toxic family member is a crucial step away from a legacy of dysfunction and toward healing and happiness. This compassionate guide will help you embrace your decision with a sense of pride, validation, and faith in yourself; and provides powerful tools for creating boundaries, coping with judgment, and overcoming self-doubt.Do you have a toxic family member? Do you feel like cutting ties with this person—even as painful and scary as that may sound—would dramatically increase your well-being and improve your life? You’re not alone. Severing ties with a family member can be devastating; and cutting this toxic person out of your life may bring up feelings of guilt and uncertainty—especially if you feel judged by others regarding your decision. Fortunately, you can free yourself from this toxic family member in a healthy, responsible, and liberating way.In Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members, psychologist and toxic-family survivor Sherrie Campbell offers effective strategies for setting strong boundaries after ending contact with a toxic family member, and provides powerful tools to help you heal from shame, self-doubt, and stigma. You’ll find the validation you need to embrace your decision with pride and acknowledgement of your self-worth. You’ll learn how to let go of negative thoughts and feelings. And finally, you’ll develop the skills needed to rediscover self-care, self-love, self-reliance, and healthy loving relationships.Whether you’re ready to sever ties with a toxic family member, or already have, this book will help guide you, every step of the way.
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Oxford University Press Inc Coercive Control in Childrens and Mothers Lives
Book SynopsisCoercive control is a severe form of domestic violence experienced by millions of children worldwide. It involves a perpetrator using a range of tactics to intimidate, humiliate, degrade, exploit, isolate and control a partner or family member. Some coercive control perpetrators use violence, others do not.Drawing on interviews with children and mothers who have experienced coercive control-based domestic violence, this groundbreaking book sheds light on the impacts of coercive control on children, how it is perpetrators who must be held accountable for those impacts, and how resistance by children and mothers occurs. Resistance happens in everyday life, not just in response to incidents of violence. Breaking free from coercive control is not a one-off event but a sustained battle for safety and recovery in which child and adult survivors need supports and professional interventions that work.Written accessibly for students, researchers, practitioners, survivors of domestic violence, aTrade ReviewThe author does discuss the interaction between mothers and children in dealing with situations of domestic abuse...the book notes that children are victims of domestic abuse just as their mothers are. * Choice *This book advances understanding of DV by adding to existing practice perspectives. Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives is an excellent addition to the extant literature on comprehending and addressing DV and abuse. * Kyunghee Ma, Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work *This is the book on coercive control and children that professionals and survivors have been waiting for. By giving the voices of mothers and their children equal weight, Dr Emma Katz elegantly lays bare the flimsily and artificial walls, created by professionals, between domestic violence and child maltreatment. This book is a journey into the everyday, crazy-making, scary, painful, petty minutiae of coercive control. It sharpens our vision of perpetrators as parents, opening the door to new accountability efforts. It offers hope through intimate narratives of safety, love, and healing between adult and child survivors. By tying the voices of survivors to an incisive analysis of policy and systems failures, Dr Katz offers the domestic violence informed practice change road map we need. * David Mandel, Executive Director and Founder, Safe & Together Institute *Amidst the failure of police, courts and child welfare to hold the male perpetrators accountable, Emma Katz follows fifteen families through their harrowing years of abuse and recovery. In a pioneering work that shows that children are subjected to the same abusive tactics as their mothers, she applies the new paradigm of coercive control to amazing effect, evoking the voices of women and children to identify the multiple forms of harm inflicted, the tactics perpetrators use to co-opt or weaponize children, how children resist and how some women break free. The book depicts a disturbing reality. But the ultimate message of survival against adversity is uplifting. This book will change how we understand and respond to children's experience of woman abuse. * Evan Stark, PhD, MSW, Author of Coercive Control and Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, New Jersey *Dr Emma Katz is one of the world's leading experts on coercive control, and with this text she has done something rare: centred the voices of children. This will become a seminal text for all who seek to understand and respond to coercive control. It will also be a lifeline for people who have grown up navigating the impossible terrain of coercive control in their family homes: finally, there is a text that honours their agency, their strategic nous, and the sheer act of will it took for them to survive. * Jess Hill, investigative journalist and author of See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse *Dr Emma Katz gets right to the heart of the matter of how coercive controllers harm their children. With great knowledge and care she 'connects the dots' of how children are victims of coercive control and domestic violence, and how that coercive control impacts critical aspects of their lives and emotional and social development. Throughout the book she demonstrates that the failure to hold abusers accountable as parents is endangering kids; that children should be listened to, believed, and heard; and that children's fear, trauma and the danger being caused by the abuser must be taken seriously. Thank you for hearing the voices of children & honoring the reality of our experiences. * Ruth Stearns Mandel, survivor professional, Safe & Together Institute E-Learning, Communications & Strategic Relationship Manager *Written by the world's leading expert on coercively controlling abuse and children, this book provides a powerful detailing of children's direct experiences of coercively controlling abuse by (mostly) fathers and the multi-faceted harms they suffer, calling for courts and service providers to recognize children as direct victims, not merely incidental witnesses, of coercive control. * Professor Joan Meier, Professor of Law and Director of the National Family Violence Law Center, George Washington University Law School *This is a timely book addressing an under-researched area of domestic abuse — the impact of coercive control on children. Katz begins with a powerful sentence, "if a situation of coercive control was a political system it would be a dictatorship", setting out clearly the entrapment victims experience. It has hitherto been popularly considered that children merely witness abuse and control, but this book graphically documents the experiences of both mothers and children showing that children are victims in their own right. It should be compulsory reading for every child protection professional and every family court judge. * Professor Jane Monckton Smith, Professor of Public Protection, University of Gloucestershire *Table of Contents1 Understanding coercive control 2 Coercive control and the agentic child 3 Interviewing children and mothers about coercive control 4 Coercive control: Harms to children 5 Mother-child relationships under coercive control 6 Ready to recover? Challenges faced when breaking free of coercive control 7 Helping each other to recover: Mothers' and children's strategies 8 And they lived happily ever after? Outcomes for mother-child relationships after coercive control 9 A new way of life: Mutuality and closeness between mothers and children 10 Ways ahead
£45.99
ZunTold The Flying Child - A Cautionary Fairytale for
Book Synopsis‘And then came the session where I felt I would give up. I felt frustrated as I’d worked so hard on trying to speak but the most important words; the worst ones, had simply not come out. I implied I would not necessarily come back the following week and as I got up to leave the room, Pat said, ‘Try detaching from it entirely. Try writing it as a fairy story. Start with the words, once upon a time there was a little girl’. That evening, I tried. I sat on my bed and typed on the note’s app of my phone Once Upon A Time … and finally, four decades after the abuse began, the words started to flow.’ This book documents the therapeutic journey undertaken by Sophie and her therapist, Pat. It includes all chapters of the fairy tale and the drawings Sophie created to help her make sense of her experiences and to reconnect with herself. It also contains the many in-between session conversations Pat and Sophie had by email, WhatsApp, and texts, with important insights into how to work safely with trauma. Essential reading for all therapists, counsellors, health professionals, educators, and social workers, interested in understanding or working with survivors of child sexual abuse, and for those who are survivors of sexual abuse, The Flying Child – A Cautionary Fairy Tale for Adults- Finding a purposeful life after Child Sexual Abuse through compassionate and creative therapy – is a must- have for your bookshelf. Today, Sophie is a survivor activist, writer, founder and managing director of The Flying Child: a non-profit, National Lottery Community Funded organisation improving the awareness of child sexual abuse and the consequences of trauma. The core aim of The Flying Child is to normalise speaking about CSA. The Flying Child Project brings lived experience into the heart of professional settings, providing training in Education, Social Work and Healthcare. Pat Walsh is an experiential and intuitive counsellor with over forty years’ experience of working in trauma. Her background in nursing and occupational therapy taught her that to heal properly, wounds must be deeply cleansed, and purpose and meaning must be established to build any long -lasting recovery. She brings these learnings into her therapeutic work with survivors of sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse.
£19.54
Penguin Books Ltd Resilience
Book SynopsisMany of us experience pain in our childhoods, and young people face trauma all over the world. How is it possible to recover? Do those abused always go on to hurt others? This incredible bestseller has overturned the way we view trauma, by showing how the extraordinary power of resilience can heal damaged lives. Renowned psychoanalyst Boris Cyrulnik has dealt with many young victims of distress and he relates stories of children who have been abused, orphaned, fought in wars and escaped genocide, yet who have not only survived, but grown in the face of adversity. By the way we deal with our memories and emotions, he shows, we can reshape our lives and transform pain into something stronger - just as a grain of sand in an oyster becomes a pearl. Resilience is not just about resisting; it is about learning to live. This life-changing book points the way towards hope and happiness.
£10.44
Houghton Mifflin The Deepest Well
Book Synopsis“An extraordinary, eye-opening book.” —PeopleNational Health Information Awards winner“A rousing wake-up call. . . . This highly engaging, provocative book prove[s] beyond a reasonable doubt that millions of lives depend on us finally coming to terms with the long-term consequences of childhood adversity and toxic stress.” —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowDr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vulnerable children. But it was Diego—a boy who had stopped growing after a sexual assault—who galvanized her journey to uncover the connections between toxic stress and lifelong illnesses.The stunning news of Burke Harris’s research is just how deeply our bodies can be imprinted by ACEs—adverse childhood experiences like abuse, neglect, parental addiction, mental illnes
£15.19
Morgan James Publishing llc But It’s Your Family…: Cutting Ties with Toxic
Book SynopsisA psychologist offers a roadmap for those looking to break free of toxic family relationships and thrive in the aftermath.Toxic family abuse is always two-fold. The first layer of abuse is the original poor treatment by toxic family members, and the second is someone’s denial of the ways in which abusers treat and harm them. Loving someone doesn’t always mean having a relationship with them, just like forgiveness doesn’t always mean reconciliation. A significant part of healing comes with accepting that there are some relationships that are so poisonous that they destroy one’s ability to be healthy and function best. But It’s Your Family is a remarkable account of what it means to cut ties to toxic family abuse and thrive in the aftermath.Inside, Dr. Sherrie Campbell clarifies:How parents, adult children, siblings, grandparents, and in-laws can be toxicThe difference between flawed and toxic family membersExplaining the cutting of ties to children and others who may not understandSpiritual and religious views on forgivenessThe definition of cutting ties and what No Contact actually meansWhen readers are able to bring closure to those toxic relationships, they give themselves the space to love those family members from a distance, as fellow human beings, with the knowledge that it is unwise to remain connected. Readers learn how to love themselves in the process and fundamentally change their lives for the better!
£12.34
Simon & Schuster Ltd It Starts with Us
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Whitaker House Sanando El Corazón: Sobre Las Ruinas Que Otros
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HarperCollins Publishers I Just Wanted to be Loved A Boy Eager to Please The Man Who Destroyed His Childhood The Love That Overcame it
Book SynopsisThe author of the bestselling Please Daddy No reveals more harrowing experiences of his neglected childhood.Trade ReviewPraise for ‘Please, Daddy, No’: ‘Truly moving.’ Fern Britten, This Morning
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HarperCollins UK Bought and Sold
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Telling
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HarperCollins Allies in Healing
Book SynopsisFocusing on people who were sexually abused as children, and based on interviews and her workshops for partners across the country, Laura Davis offers practical advice and encouragement to all partners - girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses and lovers.
£12.64
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Little Prisoner
Book SynopsisWhen Jane Elliott was four years old, the nightmare began. She became the helpless victim of a sociopath—bullied, dominated, and sexually abused by a man only fourteen years her senior: her stepfather. For nearly two decades she was held prisoner, both physically and emotionally. But at the age of twenty-one she escaped . . . and then she fought back.The Little Prisoner is the shocking, astonishing, and ultimately uplifting true story of one woman''s shattering twenty-year ordeal—and how she triumphed against an evil and violent human monster when honesty and bravery were her only weapons.
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Girl Unbroken
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Goodbye Sweet Girl
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Goodbye, Sweet Girl is heartbreaking, breathtaking in its scope, and urgently truthful in its harrowing and tender examination of when empathy fails—and when it wins.” — Los Angeles Review “Kelly Sundberg’s lyrical, devastating 2014 essay about domestic violence, “It Will Look Like a Sunset,” made readers hold their collective breath. It’s now expanded into a full-length memoir about Sundberg’s husband, a man who was wonderful and violent at turns.” — Elle, The 30 Best Books to Read This Summer “Goodbye Sweet Girl is a beautiful, devastating, and nuanced story of domestic abuse and escape that does true justice to the experiences of the victims without judgment or criticism of their choices.” — Bustle “Goodbye, Sweet Girl, bursting with such heartfelt, beautifully crafted scenes, is a gift for those who’ve experienced the pain of growing up and out of abusive relationships and a guide for those who seek insight and understanding.” — New York Journal of Books “Mesmerizing and poetic, Goodbye Sweet Girl is a harrowing, cautionary and ultimately redemptive tale that brilliantly illuminates one woman’s transformation.” — BookReporter “Kelly Sundberg gives one of the most brave and beautifully written accounts of a marriage gone wrong in her memoir, Goodbye, Sweet Girl. Sundberg looks at both the tenderness and the violence of her abusive marriage, while also analyzing why women remain too long in dangerous relationships.” — Brooklyn Digest “[Goodbye, Sweet Girl helps us] to better understand each of our nuances and complexities, how any of us rationalizes our decisions, and how we find the courage to take care of ourselves and to speak our truths…. [Sundberg writes] her truth with a deep sense of compassion.” — The Millions “Goodbye, Sweet Girl is a story of domestic violence and survival, written by Kelly Sundberg, who experienced abuse at the hands of her husband. A strong and empowering memoir, the layers of Sundberg’s life are utterly inspiring.” — Women.com, 15 Awesome Books With Strong Female Protagonists “A fierce, frightening, soulful reckoning-- Goodbye, Sweet Girl is an expertly rendered memoir that investigates why we stay in relationships that hurt us, and how we survive when we leave them. Kelly Sundberg is a force. She has written the rare book that has the power to change lives.” — Christa Parravani, author of Her: A Memoir “Reading Kelly Sundberg’s writing—fresh, luminous, spirited—is a pleasure second only to witnessing her decision to survive. Goodbye Sweet Girl is a meditation on what it takes to save your own life.” — Ariel Levy “In this powerful debut memoir, Sundberg delivers a harrowing account of an abusive marriage and how she left it....Sundberg cogently ties together the painful chain of events in her life and the personal growth that resulted from it.” — Publishers Weekly “Lyrical and taut, Goodbye, Sweet Girl provides readers with an honest and critical account of partner violence.” — Booklist (starred review)
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Twilight Children
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Where You End and I Begin
Book SynopsisA daughter’s remarkable and unflinching exploration of the unconventionally intimate relationship she shared with her mother—a brilliant and charismatic woman haunted by past trauma. When her daughter is eight, Leah McLaren’s mother abruptly fled her life as rural house wife in search a glamorous career in the city. In the chaotic years that follow, Cecily lurches from one apartment, job and toxic romance to the next. In a home without rules or emotional boundaries, Leah and Cecily become confidants—a state of enmeshment that suits them both. Their bond is loving but also marked by casual indifference. Cecily’s self-described parenting style of “benign neglect” is a hilarious party joke, but for her daughter it’s reality.In Leah’s first year of high school, Cecily makes a disclosure that will forever alter their relationship: From 12 to 15, Cecily confides, she was the lover of her 45-year-old
£21.59
University of Illinois Press Heroes of Their Own Lives
Book SynopsisIn this powerful and moving history of family violence, historian Linda Gordon traces policies on child abuse and neglect, wife-beating, and incest from 1880 to 1960. Drawing on hundreds of case records from social agencies devoted to dealing with the problem, she chronicles the changing visibility of family violence.Trade Review"Feminist scholarship at its best."--New York Times Book ReviewTable of Contents1 INTRODUCTION 2 "THE CRUELTY": CHILD PROTECTION, 1880-1910 3 THE PROGRESSIVE-ERA TRANSFORMATION OF CHILD PROTECTION, 1900-1920 4 SINGLE MOTHERS AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF CHILD-PROTECTION POLICY 5 "SO MUCH FOR THE CHILDREN NOW, SO LITTLE BEFORE"; CHILD NEGLECT AND PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 6 "ONLY TO BRING MY CHILDREN UP GOOD": CHILD ABUSE AND SOCIAL CHANGE 7 "BE CAREFUL ABOUT FATHER": INCEST, GIRLS' RESISTANCE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF FEMININITY 8 "THE POWERS OF THE WEAK": WIFE-BEATING AND BATTERED WOMEN'S RSEISTANCE 9 CONCLUSION: SOCIAL CONTROL AND THE "POWERS OF THE WEAK" APPENDIX A RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS METHODS APPENDIX B CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS NOTES INDEX
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University of Washington Press Helping Your Child Recover from Sexual Abuse
Book SynopsisThe sexual abuse of a child creates a devastating family crisis. Parents want to know what to do and say to help their child, both immediately and in the long term. This book offers guidance for parents who face the days and months after a child's abuse. It discusses each stage of a child's recovery.Table of ContentsIntroduction Notes on Using this Book Acknowledgments 1. Right Away. . . "I believe you." 2. The Legal System. . . "They'll be asking a lot of questions." 3. Family and Friends' Responses. . . "She cares, she just doesn't understand." 4. Children's Reactions and Everyday Life. . . "It's okay to be angry." 5. Grieving. . . "I'm crying, but I can still take care of you." 6. Rebuilding Self-Esteem. . . "It wasn't your fault." 7. Sexuality. . . "You are still lovable." 8. Self-Protection. . . "Never Again." 9. As Children Grow. . . "We'll need to talk again." 10. Moving on. . . "It's better now." Selected Resources What is Sexual Abuse? Offender Information: "How could he?"
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Little, Brown Book Group Escaping Emotional Abuse Healing from the shame
Book SynopsisDoes your partner blame you for his or her own problems?Does your partner humiliate you, especially in front of others?Is your partner impossible to please?Are you convinced something is wrong with you?Are you too ashamed to admit you are being abused?In Escaping Emotional Abuse, Beverly Engel, world-renowned therapist and expert in emotional abuse, exposes techniques an abuser uses to break your spirit and gain control - and guides you in how to free yourself from the shame that can keep you from the life, and the love, that you deserve.By using your deepest fears against you, the abuser strips you of self-esteem, dignity, and humanity - making you feel unworthy and utterly powerless to escape. But you possess a potent tool with which to combat shame: self-compassion. In these pages, Engel shows you how to access it. Using her highly effective Shame Reduction Program, she helps you jumpstart the process of reTrade ReviewAn extremely informative and comprehensive guide to understanding and overcoming emotional abuse. Beverly Engel gives you all the information you need to stop blaming yourself and get control of your life back -- Lundy Bancroft * author of WHY DOES HE DO THAT? *A warm, compassionate, and incredibly insightful guide through the recovery journey. Engel's words are a powerful antidote to the seemingly unshakeable shame that comes from emotional abuse. There is hope, healing, and wisdom to be found on every page -- Jackson MacKenzie * author of PSYCHOPATH FREE *I highly recommend this book for anyone-female or male-who suspects they are being emotionally abused. I especially appreciate the information on how emotional abuse can be shaming, which is dangerous to a person's self-esteem and sense of self -- Randi Kreger * co-author of STOP WALKING ON EGGSHELLS and author of THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER *
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Restorative Approach to Family Violence
Book SynopsisA Restorative Approach to Family Violence looks back at an early and successful demonstration of a family and culturally based model to stop severe family violence. This conferencing model, called family group decision making, was applied by three diverse Canadian communitiesInuit, rural, and urbanto the benefit of child and adult family members. Narrative inquiry identifies how engaging the family and relatives resets the narrative from misrecognition to recognition of their competence and caring. Family violence poses some of the most long-term and controversial questions in restorative justice. Should we use a restorative approach to stop gendered and intergenerational harm? Or will bringing together those who have been harmed, those causing harm, and their supporters only incite more violence? Underlying these questions is a profound distrust of families and their cultural networks. This distrust has stalled turning away from carceral interventions that particulaTrade Review"This important and beautifully written book narrates a history of brave innovation confronting family violence at its roots in Newfoundland and Labrador. It empowered First Peoples and First Nations to innovate in ways that allow us all to learn from their wisdom, and from histories of our colonial suppression of that wisdom. Evocative theoretical themes include feminist kin-making that moves patriarchal family structures from taking to tending. Joan Pennell draws upon deep wells of feminist activism in the shelter movement. She is an inspiring visionary, returning social work to its Hull House origins of doing with, away from doing for, from doing to."John Braithwaite, University of Maryland and Australian National University; Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet)"A Restorative Approach to Family Violence: Feminist Kin-making provides strong evidence for how, among other things, resetting externally imposed cultural narratives and re-centering the value of kinship ties are necessary steps towards addressing family violence. These steps may potentially change how child welfare systems engage with communities in which solutions can most effectively be found within their cultural roots."Kwesi Brookins, Professor of Psychology and Africana Studies, North Carolina State University; Director, Center for Family and Community Engagement"In this fantastic book, Professor Joan Pennell offers an exciting theoretical re-framing of the well-known Newfoundland and Labrador FGDM project led by Professor Gale Burford and her in the 1990s. The passage of time allows the author to reflect back and to add rich, multi-dimensional and state-of-the-art layers of theory to the program, which was ahead of its time when implemented. The book is a "Must read" for anyone working in the field of family violence, child protection and restorative justice: The "mother" of family group decision making re-organizes the building blocks of the project’s long-lasting success, and constructs a new framework that combines feminist, intergenerational, relational, cultural-sensitive and regulatory theories together. With this new framework, the strengths of the restorative justice approach become even more apparent; the development of new programs becomes more structured; and the evaluation of operating programs can be far more robust."Tali Gal, Head, School of Criminology, University of Haifa, Israel"In this valuable and timely book, Joan Pennell persuasively addresses one of the dilemmas confronting the modern development and application of restorative practices—family violence. Among RJ practitioners, the application of restorative values, principles, and practices to family violence has been thought to be very risky. It was feared that it might result in revictimization by those responsible due to power imbalances, subtle communication cues, and later retaliation. Based on an early demonstration project by Gale Burford and Joan, this book demonstrates that while careful preparation and coordination are necessary to decrease the odds of additional harm, Family Group Decision Making rooted in restorative practices may be uniquely suited to help families heal the harms, change attitudes and behaviors, and allow respectful relationships to be reestablished." Michael J. Gilbert, Professor Emeritus of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Texas at San Antonio; Executive Director, National Association of Community and Restorative Justice"This important book is written by one of the key developers of our practice and thinking around restorative approaches to family violence. It draws on both contemporary research and the author’s reflections on the trail-blazing use of restorative approaches in Canada in the 1990s. Characteristically, the book does not duck the challenges of family violence but is founded in a feminist kinship approach that carries hope and belief in families’ and communities’ abilities to address it, with the right support. The book also brings an important focus on the centrality of narratives to this work—the importance of questioning narratives which create stereotypes that disempower families and communities, and the revolutionary power of personal narratives as a means of grasping agency and making meaning from experience."Robin Sen, Lecturer, Social Work, University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Editor, Practice: Social Work in Action"Joan Pennell pioneered Family Group Conferencing. She has envisioned and evaluated countless innovations in family and child welfare. The book is about human connection. It interweaves the perspectives of kin-making, restorative principles, cultural world-views, feminism, movements harmful to families such as mass incarceration, masculinities, resilience, and trust. Within this context, Joan critiques and envisions new directions for nurturing troubled relationships. The reader comes away with a newfound respect for humble listening, faith in the power of people and families, and revitalized hope for a hybrid of allies." Mary P. Koss, Regent’s Professor of Public Health, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, USA"In reflecting on her thirty years of experience with Family Group Decision Making, the revolutionary approach to family violence that she helped to create in Canada and the U.S., Pennell demonstrates why this culturally- and family-based restorative justice process is uniquely suited to respond to the needs of families with a history of violence. Pennell brings her characteristic thoughtful analysis to the critical question of how to support anti-violence in families who have suffered ongoing colonial, racial, and economic injustice. This is a must-read for child welfare reformers, feminist anti-violence advocates, community organizers, restorative justice supporters – and all who are concerned with building a peaceful and just world."Professor Donna Coker, Dean's Distinguished Scholar, University of Miami School of Law, Florida, USAThis new book arrives at a time when calls for change have reached a crescendo with voices from families and professionals in agreement that our current adversarial responses are not serving families who experience violence well. Many families report experiences of harm when interacting with systems rooted in colonial and patriarchal values. A Restorative Approach to Family Violence: Feminist Kin-Making charts new paths that can help us move towards human and family-centered responses of care defined by feminist and relational approaches and the recognition that families can take steps to heal and that these steps impact this generation and those to come.Nancy Ross, PhD, RSW, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, K’jipuktuk Halifax, Nova Scotia and Principle Investigator of a research project funded by Justice Canada titled Trauma and violence-informed and family-centered responses to intimate partner violence: Charting a new course for Nova ScotiaPennell’s book has the potential to speak to many different types of audiences, both social workers and other related professionals. In highlighting numerous concepts, historical narratives, and lessons learned, this book could be selected and engaged with among practitioners, students, researchers, educators, policymakers, and activists. Pennell holds together multiple narratives, themes, tensions, and hope throughout her writing as she encourages social workers to be more intentional and diligent in rethinking safety, families, violence, restorative justice, gender norms, feminist theories, and community engagement.Molly C. Driessen, University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT, USA, Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social WorkTable of ContentsChapter 1. A Restorative Approach—Narrative Threads Chapter 2. FGDM Example—A Newfoundland Story Chapter 3. FGDM Project Planning—Local Organizing, Emergent Responsive Regulation Chapter 4. FGDM Conferencing—Resetting Narrative, Revitalizing Culture Chapter 5. Concluding Possibilities—Cascading Trust in Families and Cultural Networks
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Thou Shalt Not Be Aware
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1984, Thou Shalt Not Be Aware explodes Freud''s notions of infantile sexuality and helps to bring to the world''s attention the brutal reality of child abuse, changing forever our thoughts of traditional methods of child-rearing. Dr. Miller exposes the harsh truths behind children''s fantasies by examining case histories, works of literature, dreams, and the lives of such people as Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Gustave Flaubert, and Samuel Beckett. Now with a new preface by Lloyd de Mause and a new introduction by the author, Thou Shalt Not Be Aware continues to bring an essential understanding to the confrontation and treatment of the devastating effects of child abuse.
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale My Gentle Barn
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Time Warner Trade Publishing A Brothers Journey
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University of California Press The Politics of Surviving
Book SynopsisFor women who have experienced domestic violence, proving that you are a good victim is no longer enough. Victims must also show that they are recovering, as if domestic violence were a disease: they must transform from victims into survivors. Women's access to life-saving resources may even hinge on good performances of survivorhood. Through archival and ethnographic research, Paige L. Sweet reveals how trauma discourses and coerced therapy play central roles in women's lives as they navigate state programs for assistance. Sweet uses an intersectional lens to uncover how resilience and survivorhood can become coercive and exclusionary forces in women's lives. With nuance and compassion, The Politics of Surviving wrestles with questions about the gendered nature of the welfare state, the unintended consequences of feminist mobilizations for anti-violence programs, and the women who are left behind by the limited forms of citizenship we offer them. Trade Review"The book is beautifully written and a powerful demonstration of gendered governance in the field of domestic violence. It is a must-read for anyone interested in domestic violence, victimization, feminist anti-violence work, the shelter movement, professionalization processes, the trauma discourse, and medicalization of social problems." * Social Forces *"The Politics of Surviving is a brilliant contribution to sociology and the multidisciplinary field of feminist scholarship. It is a necessary text for scholars of violence, social movements, and gender and sexuality." * Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work *"A valuable resource for scholars and students of gender-based violence. . . . Sweet…helps us understand, viscerally, the implications of this trauma revolution." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction: Domestic Violence and the Politics of Trauma Part I Survivorhood 1. Building a Therapeutic Movement 2. The Trauma Revolution 3. Administering Trauma Part II Surviving 4. Becoming Legible 5. Gaslighting 6. Surviving Heterosexuality Conclusion: Traumatic Citizenship Methodological Appendix Notes References Index
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University of California Press The Politics of Surviving
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The book is beautifully written and a powerful demonstration of gendered governance in the field of domestic violence. It is a must-read for anyone interested in domestic violence, victimization, feminist anti-violence work, the shelter movement, professionalization processes, the trauma discourse, and medicalization of social problems." * Social Forces *"The Politics of Surviving is a brilliant contribution to sociology and the multidisciplinary field of feminist scholarship. It is a necessary text for scholars of violence, social movements, and gender and sexuality." * Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work *"A valuable resource for scholars and students of gender-based violence. . . . Sweet…helps us understand, viscerally, the implications of this trauma revolution." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction: Domestic Violence and the Politics of Trauma Part I Survivorhood 1. Building a Therapeutic Movement 2. The Trauma Revolution 3. Administering Trauma Part II Surviving 4. Becoming Legible 5. Gaslighting 6. Surviving Heterosexuality Conclusion: Traumatic Citizenship Methodological Appendix Notes References Index
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University of California Press Feeling Trapped
Book SynopsisThe relationship between class and intimate violence against women is much misunderstood. While many studies of intimate violence focus on poor and working-class women, few examine the issue comparatively in terms of class privilege and class disadvantage. James Ptacek draws on in-depth interviews with sixty women from wealthy, professional, working-class, and poor communities to investigate how social class shapes both women's experiences of violence and the responses of their communities to this violence. Ptacek's framing of women's victimization as social entrapment links private violence to public responses and connects social inequalities to the dilemmas that women face.Trade Review"Destined to become a classic." * ACJS Today *Table of ContentsContents Preface 1. Conversations with Women about Abuse 2. The Hidden Dramas of Masculinity 3. Failed Femininity and Psychological Cruelty 4. Terror, Fear, and Caution: Physical Violence and Threats 5. The Continuum of Sexual Abuse 6. Economic Abuse: Control, Sabotage, and Exploitation 7. The Emotional Dynamics of Entrapment: Love, Fear, Anger, Guilt, and Shame 8. Separation, Healing, and Justice Conclusion: Intimate Violence as Social Entrapment Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Feeling Trapped
Book SynopsisThe relationship between class and intimate violence against women is much misunderstood. While many studies of intimate violence focus on poor and working-class women, few examine the issue comparatively in terms of class privilege and class disadvantage. James Ptacek draws on in-depth interviews with sixty women from wealthy, professional, working-class, and poor communities to investigate how social class shapes both women's experiences of violence and the responses of their communities to this violence. Ptacek's framing of women's victimization as social entrapment links private violence to public responses and connects social inequalities to the dilemmas that women face.Trade Review"Destined to become a classic." * ACJS Today *Table of ContentsContents Preface 1. Conversations with Women about Abuse 2. The Hidden Dramas of Masculinity 3. Failed Femininity and Psychological Cruelty 4. Terror, Fear, and Caution: Physical Violence and Threats 5. The Continuum of Sexual Abuse 6. Economic Abuse: Control, Sabotage, and Exploitation 7. The Emotional Dynamics of Entrapment: Love, Fear, Anger, Guilt, and Shame 8. Separation, Healing, and Justice Conclusion: Intimate Violence as Social Entrapment Notes Bibliography Index
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Alfred A. Knopf If Love Could Kill
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking work by an internationally acclaimed forensic psychotherapist that looks at women who commit extreme acts of violence and cruelty and at the underlying oppression and abuse often at the heart of these crimesWomen can be murderers and child abusers. They can commit acts of extreme and sadistic brutality. And those who do, are outcasts from society and from womanhood itself. They are seen as monsters and angels of death: and must be kept at a safe distance.Anna Motz is a renowned clinical and forensic psychologist in London and New York. Writing with candor, compassion, and a clear-eyed perspective, she explores in depth the shockingly underexamined psychological underpinnings of female violence. Far from the heartless and inhuman monsters we might believe them to be, these women are often victims of a culture of violence and emotional trauma.Already hailed as a landmark, Motz's daring book, bursting with humanity, makes
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Muse House Press/Pennington The Natural Soul
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Patricia Una Barden Im the Boss of my Body
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Lynne Renoir The Abuse of Men An Enquiry into the Adult Male
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Princeton University Press Insult to Injury Rethinking our Responses to
Book SynopsisTeaches you that the criminal justice system may actually be making the problem of domestic violence worse. Addressing the real dynamics of intimate abuse and incorporating proven methods of restorative justice, this work focuses on healing and transformation rather than shame or punishment.Trade Review"A bold new book guaranteed to cause a stir among mainstream feminists as well as among mental health and law-enforcement professionals."--Publishers Weekly "Drawing both on research and on her own experience in the field, Mills concludes that the conventional feminist paradigm of domestic violence as a form of patriarchal oppression is woefully inadequate... [Mills's] message needs to be heard by politicians, judges, prosecutors and many others. It took the 'mainstream' feminists about 30 years to establish their monopoly on the public debate about domestic violence. Mills's book may be the first step in dismantling that monopoly."--Cathy Young, Boston Globe "The real strength of Mill's book lies in her repudiation of a one-size-fits-all approach to domestic violence... As a challenge tocurrent dogma, it is a breath of fresh air. One can only hope that its alternative message will be heard in the courses and seminars held across the country to educate counselors, law enforcement, and judges about domestic violence."--Cathy Young, ReasonTable of ContentsGiving Thanks xi Prologue 1 PART I: Rethinking Our Responses to Intimate Abuse One: The Ground Zero of Intimate Abuse 19 Two: Mandatory Policies as Crime Reduction Strategies: Do They Work? 22 Three: Power over Women in Abusive Relationships 50 Four: Are Women as Aggressive as Men? 67 PART II: Fixing the Failures Five: The Dynamic of Intimate Abuse 87 Six: Changing the System 101 Seven: Learning to Listen to Narratives of Intimate Abuse 119 Eight: A Better Way 134 Notes 149 Index 171
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Health Communications Necessary Death
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Hamilton Books Dangerous Liaisons
Book SynopsisWhat do Scott Peterson, Neil Entwistle and timeless literary seducers epitomized by Don Juan and Casanova have in common? They are charismatic, glib and seductive men who also embody the most dangerous human qualities: a breathtaking callousness, shallowness of emotion and the incapacity to love. In other words, these men are psychopaths. Unfortunately, most psychopaths don't advertise themselves as heartless social predators. They come across as charming, intelligent, romantic and kind. Through their believable mask of sanity, they lure many of us into their dangerous nets. Dangerous Liaisons explains clearly what psychopaths are, why they act the way they do, how they attract us and whom they tend to target. Above all, this book helps victims find the strength to end their toxic relationships with psychopaths and move on, stronger and wiser, with the rest of their lives.Trade ReviewAs a clinical specialist in psychopathy, I find that nobody addresses this personality disorder more trenchantly, and with more penetrating insight, than Claudia Moscovici. . . . Dangerous Liaisons examines the dynamics of this puzzling, chilling personality and applies its insights to real-life, contemporary examples of psychopaths in the news. Moscovici has written a book from which anyone (curious lay person or seasoned clinician) interested in how psychopaths insinuate themselves into our lives, leaving behind a trail of devastation, will benefit immensely. -- Steve Becker, MSW, LCSW, LoveFraud.com feature columnist, expert on psychopathy and narcissismThe Institute has long said that what is shocking is not that pathology exists, but that there is so little public and survivor education about the most dangerous relationships on the planet. Claudia Moscovici’s Dangerous Liaisons is a needed perspective about the invisible tyranny and death grip of pathological love relationships and what they do to those who love psychopaths. We can’t avoid what we can’t spot, and we can’t heal from what we don’t identify. This book helps to highlight the unique strength and lure of pathology, the devastating outcomes to the survivor, and an understanding of what pathology is and does. -- Sandra L. Brown, M.A., psychopathologist, CEO of The Institute for Relational Harm Reduction & Public Pathology Education, author of Women Who Love Psychopaths (2nd Ed.), How to Spot a Dangerous Man, and Counseling Victims of ViolenceTable of ContentsContents Introduction Part I. What is a Psychopath? 1. Charismatic Psychopaths: Mark Hacking and Neil Entwistle 2. What is a Psychopath? Close Readings of Hervey Cleckley’s The Mask of Sanity 3. Psychopaths and Pathological Lying 4. The Psychopath’s Antisocial Behavior 5. Psychopaths as Lovers 6. Psychopaths and Failure Part II. The Process of Psychopathic Seduction 1. The Case of Drew Peterson 2. Red Flags: How to Identify a Psychopathic Bond 3. The Process of Psychopathic Seduction: Idealize, Devalue and Discard 4. Artistic Psychopaths: The Case of Picasso 5. The Psychopathic Seducer in Literature: Benjamin Constant’s Adolphe 6. The Women Who Love Psychopaths 7. Coping Mechanisms for Staying with a Psychopath Part III. How to Save Yourself from Psychopathic Seduction 1. Escaping the Psychopath 2. Understanding the Science Behind the Disorder 3. The Two Phases of Mourning: The Rational and the Emotional 4. Sharing Information with Others 5. Resisting Family/External Pressure to Stay with the Psychopath 6. Know your Worth: A Healthy Self-Esteem is the Key to a Good Life 7. Conclusion: Reclaiming Your Life: Asserting Your Agency and Your Boundaries Notes Bibliography Additional Resources: Websites About the Author
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Harmony/Rodale/Convergent The Gaslight Effect
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking guide, the prominent therapist Dr. Robin Stern shows how the Gaslight Effect works, how you can decide which relationships can be saved and which you have to walk away from—and how to gasproof your life so you'll avoid gaslighting relationship.Your husband crosses the line in his flirtations with another woman at a dinner party. When you confront him, he asks you to stop being insecure and controlling. After a long argument, you apologize for giving him a hard time.Your mother belittles your clothes, your job, and your boyfriend. But instead of fighting back, you wonder if your mother is right and figure that a mature person should be able to take a little criticism. If you think things like this can’t happen to you, think again. Gaslighting is an insidious form of emotional abuse and manipulation that is difficult to recognize and even harder to break free from. Are you being gaslighted
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University of British Columbia Press People Politics and Child Welfare in British
Book SynopsisContributors contemplate the evolution of child protection policy and practice in BC, addressing political influences on structural arrangements, cultural traditions of First Nations clients, and establishing community control over services.Table of ContentsForeword / Deryck ThomsonIntroduction: People, Politics, and Child Welfare / Brian Wharf1 Rethinking Child Welfare Reform in British Columbia, 1900-60 / Marilyn Callahan and Christopher Walmsley2 Trends in Child Welfare: What Do the Data Show? / Leslie T. Foster3 The Community Resource Board Experience / Brian Wharf4 Child Welfare in the 1980s: A Time of Turbulence and Change / Sandra Scarth and Richard Sullivan5 Witnessing Wild Woman: Resistance and Resilience in Aboriginal Child Welfare / Maggie Kovachs, Robina Thomas, Monty Montgomery, Jacquie Green, and Leslie Brown6 The Community Advocate Minister: Attempting Major Changes / Riley Hern and John Cossom7 Thomas Gove: A Commission of Inquiry Puts Children First and Proposes Community Governance and Integration of Services / Andrew Armitage and Elaine Murray8 Great Expectations and Unintended Consequences: Risk Assessment in Child Welfare in British Columbia / Marilyn Callahan and Karen Swift9 Back to the Future: Toward Community Governance / Leslie T. Foster10 Views from Other Provinces / Brad McKenzie, Sally Palmer, and Wanda Thomas Barnard11 The Case for a Comprehensive Vision for Child Welfare / Brian Wharf12 From Child Protection to Safeguarding: The English Context / Tony Morrison13 Final Thoughts / Brian WharfAppendix 1: Key Events in British Columbia Child Welfare, 1863 to May 2006Appendix 2: Key Government Decision Makers in British Columbia Child Welfare, 1947 to May 2006Appendix 3: Delegated Aboriginal Child and Family Service Agencies’ Status, May 2006List of ContributorsIndex
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John Wiley & Sons Inc When Your Child has been Molested Revised
Book SynopsisIncludes research and information on the nature and effects of molestation on boys and girls, as well as proven techniques for therapy, healing, and recovery. This book provides information, comfort, and advice on how to put the pieces back together again after a child has been sexually molested.Table of ContentsReality Checks ix Introduction xi 1 Learning your child has been molested 1 2 Reporting child sexual abuse: Investigation and prosecution stages 17 3 Supporting your child after his disclosure 27 4 Physical and emotional signs of child and youth sexual abuse 45 5 Your professional support team 59 6 The formal/forensic interview: Helping investigators work effectively with your child 65 7 The judicial process: Why it takes a while 77 8 Understanding grief stages and secondary traumatic stress 87 9 working with a counselor 103 10 Helping your child recover 115 11 The impact on family members 129 12 Strengthening family communication 135 13 Dealing with extended family and others 145 14 When you or your child must appear in court 153 15 When the sexual abuse is incest 165 16 You know your family is getting better when … 179 Glossary 189 Additional information 197 Resources 203 About the authors 207 Index 209
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Moody Publishers Enough Is Enough
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Lillenas Publishing Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them Breaking
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