Abuse category: 3108 books
by Julie Ann Wambach
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Julie Ann Wambach, an Arizona resident for fifty years, sets her new book, Games of Make-Believe, in the early Phoenix, Arizona, area where the population by 1990 had grown by seven and half times of that in 1960. During these years, the explosive building boom and rapid cultural changes brought by...
by James Makasi
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Do you feel powerless, distressed, incapable of overcoming the urge to light a cigarette?Have you heard about this method which has helped this writer to magically kick the habit of lighting 50 cigarettes a day in a single Day?– You should read this book in which the writer shares his remarkable...
Lust, Anger, Love
Understanding Sexual Addiction and the Road to Healthy Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Sexual addiction is a problem that affects millions of people. Maureen Canning, LMFT, who has extensive experience treating sex addicts, explains its roots and how those afflicted can recover.
This book also explains the poisonous childhood seeds that lead to public scandals like the revelations...
Strengths-Based Batterer Intervention
A New Paradigm in Ending Family Violence
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2009
"This book harkens a new era of intimate partner violence intervention, one in which we are free to experiment with alternative ways to end intimate partner abuse."
-Julia C. Babcock, PhD
Professor, University of Houston, TX (From the Foreword)
"The book you hold in your...
by TeenSoulPower
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Addiction is one of the most poorly understood phenomena in America today. Most people believe that it is a lack of willpower. Most people think that it is full physical addiction to a drug. And most people think it can never happen to them. But addiction itself is a spectrum disorder, and can be...
I Slept With And Divorced My Devils
Arising and recovering from a deep descent into hell
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
I Slept with and Divorced My Devils is a true story of triumph over tragedy. It is the story of a child desperate to survive despite the adversities within a dysfunctional family. It is also the story of Joseph Rozeau, who survived years of abuse and neglect to forge his own path. The atrocities he experienced...
by Mark Mastroianni
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Author Mark Mastroianni, a registered nurse and thirty-year veteran of the nursing profession, uses his own story and well-documented facts to explore the depth of substance abuse among nurses. His soul-searching story lets other nurses know they are not alone. Mark's own pain and hard-won insights can...
Undaunted
Breaking My Silence to Overcome the Trauma of Child Sexual Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
The Jerry Sandusky case had little to do with football and everything to do with the insidious danger that comes from those we willingly hand our children over to because we trust them. In this unflinching memoir Matthew Sandusky reveals the silent victimization that continues across this country and around the world, not by “stranger danger” but by those we admire, know and trust.
by Kyle Crosby
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
This is a fantastic read for anyone struggling to move forward in their lives. The beauty of this fine eBook is that there is indeed a way forward, because the essays and poems on bullying, enabling, sexual abuse, denial and therapy are simply beautiful. Enjoy this fine read and feel the warm emotions that will strike many a chord in you – Leonard Smith, Dir. of Sunflower Healing --
by Dian Griffin Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Praise for The Phoenix
The constant pressures from the men she dared to love caused Melanie to crumble under their attacks. She is now soaring on the wings of an eagle, flying high into the deep blue sky, moving forward to fulfill her destiny. A must-read!
Minister Vickie Robertson,
The...
Recovering Our Children
A Handbook for Parents of Young People in Early Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2003
Art Greer-Assistant to the General Presbyter, The Presbytery of New Covenant Presbyterian Church (U.S. A.) When parents came to me, having discovered their child was involved in drugs, and asked, "What in the word do I do now?", my answer was simple: "See John Cates!" It still...
by Richard Aberg, Robert Aberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
The abuse our family suffered through was by one man, our father, what he did to us, and how we survived and made it.
Safe Connections
A Parent's Guide to Protecting Young Teens from Sexual Exploitation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Though children grow older, concerns about the danger of sexual abuse may persist for some parents. This accessible manual provides help in continuing discussions about personal safety with preteens and teens, and it alerts parents to the issues of online predators, sexting, and sexual exploitation—especially...
Decriminalizing Domestic Violence
A Balanced Policy Approach to Intimate Partner Violence
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Decriminalizing Domestic Violence asks the crucial, yet often overlooked, question of why and how the criminal legal system became the primary response to intimate partner violence in the United States. It introduces readers, both new and well versed in the subject, to the ways in which the criminal...