Recommended Reading

The Courage to Heal – A Guide for Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

Vermillion Books: 2002
An excellent all round resource with many first person accounts as well as suggestions for useful exercises on ways of dealing with different feelings. Copies of this book are available for loan from the Rape Crisis Centre library

Beginning to Heal: A First Book for Men and Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children
by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

Harper Collins: 2003 (Revised Edition)
By the authors of ‘The Courage to Heal’. Looks at how sexual abuse affects you and working out ways to heal from it.

The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

Harper Collins: 2000
To be used alongside ‘The Courage to Heal’. Includes checklists, writing exercises, activities etc. Intended to help adult survivors overcome the effects of child sexual abuse.

Breaking Free Workbook: Practical Help for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
by Carolyn Ainscough and Kay Toon

Sheldon Books: 2000
Based on ‘Breaking Free’ and on the authors’ years of experience of working with groups of women survivors of child sexual abuse.

 

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