Abuse category: 3108 books
The Magic Castle
A Mother's Harrowing True Story Of Her Adoptive Son's Multiple Personalities-- And The Triumph Of Healing
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Alex Smith and his eight personalities were trapped in a world of unfathomable evil...until he entered the "magic castle" and found the key to his freedom.
When Carole Smith and her husband decided to take in a foster child that no one else would have, they knew ten-year-old Alex...
by Sylvia Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
This is the 1987 international, award-winning bestseller that broke the silence on incest.
Sylvia Fraser was a bubbly child, a popular teenager, and an award-winning journalist. Yet, from age 7 she unknowingly shared her body with a ‘twin’ who lived a separate life from her. This Other...
Spare the Kids
Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
A challenge to the cultural tradition of corporal punishment in Black homes and its connections to racial violence in America
Why do so many African Americans have such a special attachment to whupping children? Studies show that nearly 80 percent of black parents see spanking, popping, pinching,...
by Ella James
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
Ella James is a young, successful professional, married with children. But her teenage years were anything but easy. Shortly before she turned 13, the author’s life changed forever when her family moved to the closed Centrepoint Community. Centrepoint was promoted as a place of peace and beauty...
Helping Your Troubled Teen: Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today's Teens and Preteens
Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today's Teens and Preteens
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
The first "adolescent primer" on the marketDestructive trends among today's youth are growing, making life very different from when their parents were growing up. The primary four self-destructive behaviors in adolescence today are excessive alcohol and substance abuse, promiscuity, self...
Slipping Through the Cracks
Intervention Strategies for Clients with Multiple Addictions and Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Clients who have multiple addictions and disorders are more difficult to engage and treat than clients with a single disorder. Many of the current systems are ill-equipped to address the myriad challenges of these clients—their relapse and recidivism rates are higher, and many of these clients tend...
Breaking Through Betrayal
And Recovering the Peace Within
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Are you ready to finally recover your peace of mind?
We are living in a time where betrayal abounds. Tragically, most of know or know of someone who has been scarred by the betrayal bandit. In whatever form it takes (financial, political, personal, social, legal, environmental, cultural, etc.),...
Addicted Like Me
A Mother-Daughter Story of Substance Abuse and Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
Told through the voices of a mother-daughter writing team, Addicted Like Me offers a detailed personal account of addiction and how it affects the entire family. Karen Franklin recounts her own past as a young addict, her struggle with the alcoholism of her parents, and ultimately her husband’s...
Sexual Anorexia
Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2009
A first-time examination of sexual anorexia, an extreme fear of sexual intimacy and obsessive avoidance of sex, by the acknowledged leader in the treatment of compulsive sexual behavior and recovery.
Author Dr. Patrick Carnes begins by defining sexual anorexia and demonstrating how it and its...
Of Course You're Angry
A Guide to Dealing with the Emotions of Substance Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
In a friendly, nonconfrontational manner, Of Course You're Angry guides readers to discover the source of their anger and the forms it takes –violence, depression, resentment, and manipulation.
Though we may not like to admit it, all of us get angry. At times we feel irked, exasperated, irritated,...
by Rosie Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Trapped can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 3 of 3 (Chapters 24-35 of 35). You can read Part 3 on release of the full-length eBook and paperback. The first in a series of highly anticipated new titles from foster carer Rosie Lewis. Phoebe, an...
by Elke Sierra Kaye
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Elke Sierra Kaye was born to a affluant family in Johannesburg 70 years ago.
She was raised by a narcissistic father and a manipulative mother. A dysfunctional childhood was marked by deep-seated problems that persisted late into her adulthood. Subjected to sexual, physical and emotional abuse,...
by Lynn Daugherty
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Your child was sexually abused!
You want to help . . . but how?
Respected Clinical Psychologist Dr. Lynn Daugherty guides you as you listen and talk to your sexually abused child. Develop a stronger relationship with your son or daughter as you start the journey toward recovery from child molestation,...
Religion and Intimate Partner Violence
Understanding the Challenges and Proposing Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Intimate partner violence is a complex, ugly, fear-inducing reality for large numbers of women around the world. When violence exists in a relationship, safety is compromised, shame abounds, and peace evaporates. Violence is learned behavior and it flourishes most when it is ignored, minimized, or...