Abuse category: 3108 books

Violence against women is a pervasive problem in society and responding appropriately to those who experience it and those who perpetrate it is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professions today. This volume seeks to address issues surrounding violence against women...

Praise for The Macho Paradox "An honest, intellectually rigorous and insightful work that challenges readers to truly engage in a political discourse that can change lives, communities and nations." --Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes "Jackson...

Different ways of life aren't so far away from ours... ***"Between a Man and a Woman"***is a gripping, thrilling and heartbreaking story of domestic abuse. A fast paced drama that questions if abuse is a learned behavior or something that is within us? It gives us an insight into...

It's so much easier to hide behind a façade of normalcy when physical violence has yet to manifest itself.  Physical abuse is obvious. Someone slaps you. You recognize it as violence. Someone slams you down on the ground – the violence is escalated. Someone chokes you? The violence...

I'm a survivor of over thirty six beatings and rapes under knives and guns. I witnessed the violent beating, rape and murder of two nine year old card playing hillbilly girls at the hands of the same man who beat and raped me the day before. I have children by some of these rapist, abusive violent...

Inside this book, you'll read real letters from people who have lived through horrific trials of abuse, but this book is not written by victims; it is written by survivors who used this tool as an outlet to share anonymously the pain and the turmoil, the hurt and the sadness, but also the triumph...

• Promotion via social media: Facebook, Twitter, and SheWrites.com • Promotion via author’s blog, Healing Beyond Survival • Author will create book trailer • Targeting blogs focused on sexual abuse/rape for guest posts and interviews. • Book launch event at Powell’s bookstore • Targeting...

Learning About Defeat Drugs And Live Free Can Have Amazing Benefits For Your Life! Prevent substance abuse and take control of your life! Let’s face it... Being addicted to drugs is a complicated matter condition that's been specified as a disorder that evidences in the obsessional...

Narcissism is a personality flaw that has profoundly destructive effects on interpersonal relationships. This book written by an experienced Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist describes narcissistic traits and details their impact on different relationships. The book uses examples and notes from psychotherapy cases, to outline strategies to manage narcissistic personalities.

When a child is removed from a home and forced to live a life with strangers, it can be a traumatic experience accompanied by pain and shame that never goes away. This is the story of Ron Huber and his unforgettable journey through a childhood hell that eventually leads him out of the darkness into...

This book offers a critical overview of established and emerging manifestations of domestic violence across Europe. It describes how countries within and outside the EU are responding to the problem in policy, practice and research. Eminent academics and professionals from a range of European...

Twelve-step programs like AA don't work for many addicts. The Ten Lifestyles of Recovery are the holistic, healthy alternative. Former addict, addiction counselor and ultra-endurance athlete Todd Crandell explains what makes the Lifestyles work. Todd knows what he's talking about: he wasted 13 years...

Turning to the Catholic Church as a means of healing from childhood abuse Hank Estrada looked for consolation and comfort but instead found cruel deception and ultimate religious betrayal at the hands of a very powerful religious machine and in particular one manipulative deviant priest. UnHoly Communion...

My personal story about how I got started drinking at age nine, had my first blackout age 14, kept on drinking hard, always to get drunk, got into drugs in college and finally bottomed out in 1977. How drinking negatively affected my life but also how it helped me as a coping mechanism with pain,...