How Long Does it Hurt?: A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families (JOSSEY BASS SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SERIES) - Softcover

Mather, Cynthia L.; Debye, Kristina E.

 
9781555426743: How Long Does it Hurt?: A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families (JOSSEY BASS SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SERIES)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1555426743 ISBN 13: 9781555426743
Publisher: Jossey Bass, 1994

Synopsis

Written by an incest survivor for future survivors, this step–by–step guide speaks directly to sexually abused teenagers. This book will help teenagers come to grips with what is happening to them and overcome their feelings of isolation, confusion, and self–doubt.

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About the Author

CYNTHIA L. MATHER is a survivor of sexual abuse and incest, and speaks at schools, colleges, and churches across the country about child and teenage sexual abuse. KRISTINA E. DEBYE, L.C.S.W.–C., A.C.S.W., D.C.S.W., is coordinator of the nationally acclaimed Baltimore County Sexual Abuse Treatment Program and maintains a private practice in Maryland. She is an educator and clinician.

From the Back Cover

Written by an incest survivor for future survivors, this step–by–step guide speaks directly to sexually abused teenagers. This book will help teenagers come to grips with what is happening to them and overcome their feelings of isolation, confusion, and self–doubt.

From the Inside Flap

How Long Does It Hurt? written by an incest survivor for future survivors, is a step–by–step guide that speaks directly to sexually abused teenagers about coming to grips with what is happening to them and overcoming the isolation, confusion, and self–doubt they feel. With straight–forward language and hands–on information, this book provides a variety of real options for escaping abusive situations, taking control of their lives, and beginning the healing process. Based on actual case studies and person–to–person interviews with adolescent survivors, the authors address with candor and warmth the tough and most fundamental questions and issues that abused teens face, including

  • what is sexual abuse and incest, and am I a victim?
  • who do I tell, and what will happen to me and my family
  • what happens in court and how do I get what is best for me?
  • how do I stand up to friends, family members, and others who tell me I′m making it all up?
  • will I ever recover and have a happy, normal life?
This groundbreaking book sends a message of support, strength, and empowerment to the thousands of forgotten and suffering adolescents with a resounding "Yes, you can make it stop. This is how." Through compelling, true stories, three teenaged survivors share their nightmarish experiences, their triumphs, and ongoing struggles to heal and live whole lives and they offer encouragement and hope to other young victims who dare to make it stop.

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Publisher
Jossey Bass
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1555426743
ISBN 13 
9781555426743
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
288

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9780787975692: How Long Does It Hurt?: A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families

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