Abuse category: 3108 books
Reflections of Mamie
A Story of Survival
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
BRIEF SYNOPSIS The story begins in the early 1950's suburbs of Houston, Texas. Mamie is a young child of four who was unwanted, afraid, abused and with nowhere to turn, learned that she had to stand alone. Her only friends were her older brother, an abused child himself, and her nanny, who begged their...
Innocence Interrupted
A Sexual Molestation Survival & Prevention Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2005
"A very insightful book for every parent and individual who is concerned about the predatory evil of sexual molestation in this modern time."
-Dr. Emmanuel Junard, president, Get-Well Naturally, Inc.
"Readers will be drawn to Innocence Interrupted because of the brilliant approach...
Finding Your Best Self, Revised Edition
Recovery from Addiction, Trauma, or Both
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Addiction and trauma are two of the most common and difficult issues that people face. In this motivating book, leading expert Lisa Najavits explains the link between addiction and trauma and presents science-based self-help strategies that you can use no matter where you are in your recovery. Every...
by Albert Dedmon
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Being raised by hostile negative adults creates enormous conflicts within our mind and soul. The resulting person is left with many unanswered questions that continue to haunt them during their lifetime. A life filled with turmoil will continue until they decide to become responsible for discovering...
by Cheryl
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Journey to the place where the subconscious mind and the spirit meet to heal you from abuse.
This book, intended for women, is a journey into the mind and then the spirit. It is a journey moving from a space of feeling worthless, shamed, guilty, forgotten, depressed, and tormented into a space...
by Nicholas Ronald
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2017
Some people can use marijuana casually and beneficially throughout their lives. For other people, this author included, it can become a habit and eventually an out of control dependency. Marijuana dependency can cause serious harm to personal growth, relationships and career goals. It can be a hard...
Exploiting Childhood
How Fast Food, Material Obsession and Porn Culture are Creating New Forms of Child Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Children deserve to live a life that is safe from exploitation and harm, but are we failing in our duty to protect them?
Childhood today is big business - it is impossible for any child growing up to avoid pervasive and intense marketing from companies. Whether it be for fatty foods resulting...
Rebuilding Lives after Domestic Violence
Understanding Long-Term Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
Rebuilding Lives after Domestic Violence examines in-depth the long-term outcomes for women who have suffered domestic violence and abuse, based on interviews conducted over seven years.
Through these interviews the author reveals the factors which help or hinder a successful transition from...
Pick Your Poison...No More
Stop Your Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Other Addictions You May Have
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018
WARNING: NO ALCOHOL AND DRUG ARE PERMITTED IN YOUR LIFE BEYOND THIS POINT
Did you read the sign? Yes, you’ve read that correctly...from this point forward and onward...your alcohol and drug (as well as other addictions you may have) should be left out behind the door - and will eventually...
by Nancy Turner
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW WHO HAVE SURVIVED TWELVE ATTEMPTS ON THEIR LIFE AND LIVED TO TALK ABOUT IT? NANCY TURNER - ONE MOTHER OF A PORN STAR is One Mutha of a Story. A riveting, cutting-edge, TRUE story about abuse, addiction, suicide, cults, sex, angels, gays, crime, healing, porn and more.Officer...
Scattering Ashes
A Memoir of Letting Go
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
When her alcoholic and emotionally abusive mother’s health declines, Joan Rough invites her to move in with her. Rough longs to be the “good daughter,” helping her narcissistic mother face the reality of her coming death. But when repressed memories of childhood abuse by her mother arise, Rough...
A Safe Place to Grow
A Group Treatment Manual for Children in Conflicted, Violent, and Separating Homes
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Discover the effective group treatment strategies that help your school-aged clients!
A child immersed in a conflicted family life may be forced to cope with a multitude of trauma, including violence, abuse, and insecurity. In A Safe Place to Grow: A Group Treatment Manual for Children in Conflicted,...
by Kimberly Callis
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
There is a close relationship between exposure to abuse during childhood and several of the leading causes of death in adults. Diseases including heart disease, cancer, lung disease, and liver disease have been tied to childhood trauma. The findings in many emerging studies suggest that the impact...
Song of the Plains
A Memoir of Family, Secrets, and Silence
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Ever since she was a child, Linda Joy Myers felt the power of the past. As the third daughter in her family to be abandoned or estranged by a mother, she observed the consequences of that heritage on the women she loved as well as herself. But thanks to the stories told to her by her great-grandmother,...