Sexual Abuse
30 Articles & Excerpts
Chapter 1
 Silently Seduced: When Parents Make their Children Partners - Understanding Covert Incest
by Kenneth M. Adams, Ph.D.
Did you have a parent whose love for you felt more confining than freeing, more demanding than giving, more instrusive than nurturing? Did you feel trapped in a psychological marriage with this parent? If so, you may be a victim of covert incest.
Don't Touch
 I Promise Not to Tell
by Brenda M Weber
I didn't feel the cold barrel of the gun when it was placed to my head, but suddenly from out of nowhere, freak paranoia crept into my existence. I couldn't fend off the overwhelming urge to bolt from the car. My breathing began to respond
Sexual Harassment versus Flirting
by Peta Heskell
How do we know if someone is flirting or sexually harassing us? This begs the question 'Who is responsible for your feelings'. If you agree with the old saying 'sticks and stones will hurt your bones but words will do no harm' then sexual harassment can o
Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3
 121 Days of Urban Sodom
by Jacqueline Phillips
I made you a promise and I've never broken my promises to you. I promised you a book. You no longer wanted me, but still you wanted certain sections of my mind. Maybe you can peel me and remove the segments you want and discard the rest.
Why You Feel How You Feel
by Robert M. Roerich, M.D.
My job as a researcher is to help you understand your secret emotions. I do this by analyzing your answers in describing an imaginary journey. This is not a game. My work involves helping governments prevent suicide in their SWAT Police and Special For
A Guide for the Partners of Incest Survivors
 Ghosts in the Bedroom
by Ken Graber, M.A.
If you are the partner of a sexual abuse survivor, you are not alone. Recent studies show that by the age of 18 one woman in three and one man in four has been sexually molested. It has been estimated that these statistics are law due to underreporting
Prologue, Chapter One
 Lucky: A Memoir
by Alice Sebold
A memoir by the author of the #1 bestseller The Lovely Bones. In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as a nineteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in
The Roots of Abuse in American Society
 Saving Beauty from the Beast: How to Protect Your Daughter From an Unhealthy Relationship
by Vicki Crompton, Ellen Zelda Kessner
IN THE EARLY 1980s, as a prevention specialist in the movement to end violence against women and children, Barrie Levy spent a great deal of time in California classrooms defining rape, sexual abuse, and battering as crimes against women -as experiences
Abuse
 Beauty For Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing
by Joyce Meyer
Some of the terms Webster's Dictionary uses to define abuse are: (verb) - misuse; to use wrongly; to hurt by treating badly; mistreat; to use insulting, coarse or bad language about or to; revile; (noun) - wrong, bad, or excessive use; mistreatment
Was It Sexual Abuse?
 No Secrets No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse
by Robin D. Stone
If you are reading this book, you might have found at some point in your life that you were on your own, searching for the words to name what was happening to you. Or for the courage to get away, or the power to make it stop.
What Is Sexual Abuse?
Ghosts in the Bedroom
by Ken Graber, M.A.
Sexual abuse is the term used to refer to any incident that causes an individual to feel sex related shame. It includes sexual molestation or abuse, incest and rape. These terms are used in an expansive sense that includes subtle and isolated incidents
How Do Sexual Abuse Survivors Recover?
Ghosts in the Bedroom
by Ken Graber, M.A.
Recovery for survivors of sexual abuse is usually a process that takes from three to five years of therapy and participation in a support group for survivors. The period of time required for healing and recovery depends on how deeply damaging the sexual
Time for Healing
by Joseph Ghabi
We have to go through some unfortunate experiences sometimes in our life. When you speak with other people you will always find out how easy your experience is in comparison to what they have suffered. The impact that experience has brought on your life
I Was A Child
 You Shall Not Be Ashamed: Personal Recovery
by Denise B. Fair
Life-Changing Question. That Is Exactly What Happened To Me. IT TOOK ME twenty-five years before I felt safe enough to utter one word to another living soul concerning the sexual abuse I experienced as a little girl. Denise, were you ever sexually abused?
Parenting the Sexually Abused Child
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Written for prospective and adoptive parents, this fact sheet describes the effects of sexual abuse and provides recommendations for caring for sexually abused children. Topics covered include the physical and behavioral signs of abuse, issues for boys
How Long, O Lord?
 Fingernail Moon : The True Story of a Mother's Flight to Protect Her Daughter
by Janie Webster
Once in the truck, I tell my daughter, Ellen, that we are going for a ride. As a six-year-old, Ellen lives in the present and going for a truck ride is the only explanation she needs. She has no inkling that she is embarking on a long journey.
Sexual Harassment Laws
by Minnesota Department of Health
Sexual harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, sexually motivated physical contact, or other verbal or physical conduct or communication of a sexual nature when submission to the harassment is made a term
Child Sexual Abuse : Intervention and Treatment
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Emotional reactions to child sexual abuse are to be expected and are normal. However, it is important to recognize them and to prevent them from impairing our professional judgment or interfering with our role performance.
Treatment Of Child Sexual Abuse
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Treatment of child sexual abuse is a complex process. Orchestration of treatment in the child's best interest is a genuine challenge. It is often difficult to know how to proceed because there are so few outcome studies of treatment effectiveness.
Techniques For The Child Interview And A Methodology For Substantiating Sexual Abuse
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Because of the central role played by the child interview in substantiating sexual abuse, it is addressed in greater depth than some of the other aspects of child sexual abuse practice.
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