Sexual Abuse Survivors Book Reviews

Abusers have often used their power to suppress — and often silence — the voices of their victims. Paul’s book is part of an effort to try to restore a balance. It contains:

● A harrowing, first person account of the abuse suffered by the author from the ages of six to eighteen. It contains graphic language and illustrations that may be upsetting to some people. But all are purposeful – they represent the victim of abuse making sense of the abuse he endured, and sharing it with the aim of helping others.

● The account of his personal journey to come to terms with his abuse. Greatly assisted by art therapy, it offers unique opportunities for fellow survivors and those who work with them to see what can be learned about profoundly harmful abuse, preventing it, and charting a path to recovery if prevention fails. Martin Calder’s concluding chapter discusses questions that any professional should consider when using Paul’s book in such work.

There are more details in the attached PDF, and at our website www.russellhouse.co.uk.

If you want to obtain Paul’s book from us, but then decide that you don’t want to keep and share it, just send it back to us in clean and resalable condition, and you’ll owe nothing.

What I did on my summer vacation Surviving and helping others learn from a boyhood of sexual abuse By Paul M. Hambke with Martin C. Calder	Abusers have often used their power to suppress — and often silence — the voices of their victims. Paul’s book is part of an effort to try to restore a balance. It contains: ● A harrowing, first person account of the abuse suffered by the author from the ages of six to eighteen. It contains graphic language and illustrations that may be upsetting to some people. But all are purposeful – they represent the victim of abuse making sense of the abuse he endured, and sharing it with the aim of helping others. ● The account of his personal journey to come to terms with his abuse. Greatly assisted by art therapy, it offers unique opportunities for fellow survivors and those who work with them to see what can be learned about profoundly harmful abuse, preventing it, and charting a path to recovery if prevention fails. Martin Calder’s concluding chapter discusses questions that any professional should consider when using Paul’s book in such work. There are more details in the attached PDF, and at our website www.russellhouse.co.uk. If you want to obtain Paul’s book from us, but then decide that you don’t want to keep and share it, just send it back to us in clean and resalable condition, and you’ll owe nothing.
Breaking Free Ainscough, Carolyn and Kay Toon	This is a British book for both male and female survivors and covers different aspects of healing from the trauma of sexual abuse. There is also a workbook, see below.
Breaking Free Workbook Ainscough, Carolyn and Kay Toon	The workbook has been used in the survivors group for sometime. One of the authors visited the survivors group in Shetland some years ago.
Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse Ainscough, Carolyn and Kay Toon	Reaches out to all people who were sexually abused as children. Informs about sexual abuse, the kinds of problems it can cause and explains how survivors can deal with those problems and break free from the past.
Amongst Ourselves. A self help guide to living with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Alderman, Tracey and Karen Marshall.	A book to provide readers with practical steps they can take to cope with the condition and emerge with greater self awareness and skills to live an enriching life.
The Wounded Heart Allender, Dr. Dan B.	A christian based book on working through the effects of sexual abuse.	read comments
Courage to Heal Bass, Ellen and Laura Davis	The authors are from the USA and have run workshops for women survivors for several years. The book is comprehensive and can be dipped into when looking for a particular subject. It gives suggestions for self help activities and covers a wide spectrum of issues that survivors face.	read comments
Courage to Heal Workbook Bass, Ellen and Laura Davis	A workbook that compliments the Courage to Heal book. There are many self help suggestions and activities, this book is currently being used in the survivors group.
Sexual Abuse, The Child's Voice. Poppies on the Rubbish Heap. Bray, Madge	Madge Bray shows the reader how abuse can affect the mental well being of children, and how the repair of the child's trust is crucial to the process of healing. Helpful for therapists.
Allies in Healing:When the person you love was sexually abused as a child. Davis, Laura	A support book for partners.
The Dissociative Identity Disorder sourcebook. Haddock, Deborah Bray	Tools for diagnosing DID and courses of treatment. The various stages of therapy and what to expect. Therapy interventions and Self help coping strategies.
Victims No Longer Lew, Mike	One of the first books written for male survivors. It is recommended as very helpful reading by group members.
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence. Miller, Alice	A book that looks at the prelavence of Sexual Abuse in society. It is factual based and members have commented that it is not a self-help book for healing.
A Fractured Mind Oxnam, Robert B.	My Life with Multiple Personality Disorder. A personal story by Robert who features on the DVD used by First Person Plural on their training courses for professionals.
The Inner Child Parks, Penny	Looking at the hurt child inside who holds the memories of the abuse. This book helps the survivor to heal the hurts of the past by nurturing their inner child.
“AM I BAD? Recovering from Abuse” By: Heyward Bruce Ewart, III, PhD	BACK COVER: Find Your Way to Freedom Today! If you were abused or neglected as a child, chances are that you have been your whole life, whether you are a man, a woman, or a teen. Child abuse so mangles the personality that the victim unconsciously attracts abusers throughout the life cycle. Lies about yourself were planted deep in your mind by the abuse, and you still believe them. They are crippling your life!
Amongst Ourselves Tracy Alderman and Karen Marshall	A Self-Help Guide to Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Written for individuals with DID/MPD offering practical steps to help cope with the condition.	read comments
The dissociative identity disorder sourcebook. Deborah Bray Haddock	This book looks at Dissociative Identity Disorder from a variety of view points including the survivor, carer, therapist.	read comments
The Stranger in the Mirror Dissociation the hidden epidemic. Marlene Steinburg and Maxine Schnall	Written by a therapist and including real life accounts of several case histories of people with DID.	read comments
The Inner Child workbook. Taylor Catherine L.	Recovery therapist Catherine Taylor offers a step by step guide to reparenting the children within and healing their shame, anger and feelings of abandonment.

What I did on my summer vacation

Surviving and helping others learn from a boyhood of sexual abuse

By Paul M. Hambke with Martin C. Calder