CATALOGUES - Health - Health & Psychology - Trauma & Abuse

Cartooning. Art. In this first collection, Phoebe Gloeckner offers an array of both hyper-real and wildly surreal cartoons and drawings mirroring conjunctions between anatomical landscapes and far emotional journeys. "Many cartoonists today mine their personal lives for subject matter. Phoebe Gloeckner achieves what few of them can; she makes the autobiographical universal. Her finely crafted drawings and emotionally powerful story-telling ability combine in this terrific collection to tell us painful, sympathetic, and hilariously ... read more

This sensitive book, written for adults who suspect they may have been abused as children, covers child abuse in all its forms: neglect, deprivation, ridicule, and inappropriate sexual advances. It includes moving first-person accounts, a programme for recovery, a resource directory, self-tests to help readers determine if they once were abused, and a parent's guide to behavioural signs of sexual abuse.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is changing the practice of psychotherapy for the better, offering a treatment model that promises great effectiveness for a staggeringly wide range of psychological problems. This book, written by two noted experts in the treatment of both acute trauma and post-traumatic stress conditions. The book's first section gives an overview of trauma and the nature of experiential avoidance--a central problem according to the ACT model. The book explains and defines the nature of experiential avoidan... read more

Because it views experiential avoidance as a central problem in a range of psychological problems, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is especially well suited to the treatment of trauma-related problems, which often present avoidance as a symptom. This is the first book to adapt ACT principles in a self-care approach readers can use to help overcome the lingering effects of traumatic events. The book helps readers learn to accept the unpleasant feelings they associate with past experiences.

This workbook for children who have experienced sexual abuse includes forty activities drawn from play therapy that kids can do to learn to manage anger, establish safe boundaries, identify adults they can trust, and build their self-esteem.

The terror set in on Fridays. Would this be a weekend of lengthy ritualistic abuse? Employing techniques similar to those used in Nazi concentration camps, author Lois Einhorn's father and mother physically and sexually abused her and her sister. They forced the girls to torture each other and to torture and destroy live and stuffed animals. Dying would have been a relief. For years, Lois suffered agonising anguish and guilt because she acquiesced, complied, and succumbed to her parents' power. Could she ever forgive? During her he... read more

This workbook offers women who have suffered sexual, physical, or emotional abuse crucial skills for coping, self-understanding, and self-care. The book is designed to be worked through from beginning to end, with self-evaluation questionnaires, writing exercises, and a variety of activities and relaxation techniques throughout. Also included are questions to ask a doctor, a personal crisis plan, and a comprehensive list of resources.

Domestic violence experts offer the first-ever post-traumatic stress disorder treatment approach to help abused women overcome the trauma they have endured and regain control of their lives. It delves into specific problems associated with PTSD. Worksheets reinforce the messages in the text. In addition to addressing the symptoms of PTSD, the book offers readers strategies they can employ when and if a confrontation with the abusive partner becomes necessary.

Discusses the causes and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, tells how to identify situations that trigger attacks, and offers advice on recovering from rape, domestic violence, natural disasters, vehicular accidents, and combat experiences. This groundbreaking work is the first book to guide readers through the healing process of recovering from PTSD one step at a time. Many therapists recommend I Can't Get Over It for their clients.

Identifying Child Molesters clearly spells out the techniques that child sexual molesters so successfully use to charm adults into giving them access to children. When these strategies are seen and understood, adults can take much more direct responsibility for preventing child sexual abuse than was previously possible. Anyone who lives or works with children needs to own this book. The information you'll encounter in Identifying Child Molesters might startle you, but it might also help you save the life of a child!

"The Definitive Work On the Subject. Extremely helpful to parents in their effort to protect their children from sexual exploiters.... Provides parents and others with tools to recognize when and how to intervene."

In this volume a psychologist presents guided excercises to help teens who have been sexually abused reflect on what happened to them, examine its impact on their lives and motivate themselves to begin to develop healthy and loving relationships as they move toward adulthood. At least one in four girls and one in seven boys endure some form of sexual abuse before they are 18 years old. The simple exercises in this guide offer help to teens who are motivated to begin working on recovering on their own, or with the help of a treatmen... read more

Christina Crawford's devastating memoir Mommie Dearest (over 5,000,000 sold), first as book and later as Hollywood film, made the American public aware of violence in the family. In No Safe Place, drawing further on her personal story, but adding sociological research and case histories, the author shows how family violence is responsible for addictive behavior, depression, sleep disorders, chronic illness, suicide, delinquency, homelessness, and apparently "mindless" violent crime. A call to action, this impassioned book offers th... read more

Each of the protocols in this series presents a session-by-session, research-based treatment plan, including evaluation instruments, sample treatment summaries for use with managed care, handouts, weekly homework, and strategies to use for delivering key information. A client manual is available for each protocol, containing all the materials that the client will need. A fifteen-session (or less) treatment. Techniques include relaxation training, eye-movement technique, marginal brief exposure, prolonged exposure, and relapse prevention.

A 14-session treatment. Techniques include imagined exposure, in vivo exposure, response prevention, and avoidance reduction.

This is a healing guide, a companion for rape victims, which respects each person's unique style of healing from the crime of rape or incest. It is a book that affirms the victim and supports her gently while she travels along the path to reclaiming her own personal power. The book will help anyone who is suffering from the humiliation and devastation of rape to build a stronger, wiser and more confident future. Quest for Respect will also help the families, friends, counsellors, law enforcement personnel and rape centre volunt... read more

This DVD addresses the risk of suicide for veterans. Suicide counselors and pastors share their expertise about how to prevent suicide. Several victims share their stories of loss and recovery. They offer words of hope and encourage those struggling with suicidal thoughts.

‘My son Joshuah was suicidal when I was talking with him on the phone. He was crying. He wanted to kill himself and felt he couldn’t go on after a relationship ended. I didn’t know what to say to him. This shook me to the core, because my children are so very important to me. I couldn’t imagine life without him. Hi father took his life when he was 22 years old and Joshuah was only five. Now, it was time for us to got o church and what a trip! The chaplain played the DVD, Tears of the Dragonfly. This DVD helped me so very much, allowing me to hear the words tha..read more

This title is intended for ages 12+. Life becomes complex and terror-filled for 12-year-old Cassie when she is fondled by the father of the children she baby sits. This novel explores the conflicting emotions of an early adolescent who cannot fathom why an adult male would find her attractive, and the concern of parents who must protect their daughter while exposing a dangerous individual.

This workbook offers the most effective tools and strategies - recommended by PTSD experts worldwide - to help readers conquer trauma-related symptoms. PTSD is an extremely debilitating anxiety disorder that can occur after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Often individuals with PTSD repeatedly reexperience the ordeal in the form of flashback episodes, recurring memories, nightmares, or frightening thoughts. PTSD symptoms include emotional numbness and sleep distu... read more

A woman is raped every few minutes; this guide provides an effective framework for victims to heal from the experience.
If you are a survivor of sexual assault, you may be suffering from symptoms of depression, substance abuse, an eating disorder, panic and anxiety, or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Rape Recovery Handbook provides an effective framework in which you can heal.
Healing begins by establishing a safety plan that includes how to use this book and what to expect from recovery. In this new bo... read more

"In her latest book, The Rape Recovery Handbook, Matsakis has again demonstrated a unique level of compassion and concern for rape victims and their capacity for healing. While guiding her reader gently through numerous exercises specially designed for maximum effect, Dr. Matsakis provides illumination into thought processes that often trap victims into believing that they are beyond hope. Gentle, empathetic advice, along with a sincere belief that rape victims can restore their self-esteem and become rape survivors living full, joyful lives, make this book indispensable to both victim and therapist alike!" --Teresa Lauer, MA, RapeRecovery.com

Peter Levine's work in trauma is grounded in medical biophysics, psychophysiology and psychology, as well as his own innovative research into the instinctual behaviour of wild animals. Over the past 35 years, he has developed and refined a method called Somatic Experiencing (SE), which provides the foundation for this guide to dealing with trauma in children. At the core of this book is the understanding that trauma begets violence, and violence begets trauma. The effects of trauma can result not only from catastrophic events such ... read more

""Trauma Through A Child's Eyes" is an extraordinary body of work. Healing ourselves and our children of the effects of trauma is of the utmost importance. The more aligned we are inside ourselves and with our outer world, the more we will be able to create peace."
--Debbie Robins, bestselling author of "Where Peace Lives"
"Some books are said, in their originality, to 'break the mold.' "Trauma Through A Child's Eyes" goes one further: it creates its own mold in a way that everyone concerned with the health and happiness of children will be grateful for."..read more