Books
BOOKS FOR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS:
Straying Towards Truth: A Therapist's Personal Story and Professional Guide to Healing After Sexual Abuse by Karen E. Fennell, MSW, LISW-CP
Invisible Girls: Speaking the Truth about Sexual Abuse by Patti Feuereisen
Inside a Cutter's Mind: Understanding and Helping Those Who Self-Injure by Jerusha Clark
Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties and How to Heal the Conflict by Joshua Coleman, PhD
Helping Your Child Recover from Sexual Abuse by Caren Adams and Jennifer J Fay
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Keep Your Love On by Danny Silk
Healing from the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Journey for Women by Karen A. Duncan
What Do I Do Now? A Survival Guide for Mothers of Sexually Abused Children (MOSAC) by Mel Langston PhD and Leona Puma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. YouTube- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parents' Guide to Healing and Recovery Revised Edition by Kathryn Brohl and Joyce Care Potter
When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along by Joshua Coleman PhD.
You Can Help: A Guide for Family & Friends of Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Assault by Rebecca Street
Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse by Shannon Thomas
Perfect Daughters: Adult Daughters of Alcoholics by Robert J. Ackerman
What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything? A Workbook by Cheri Huber
8 Ways to Create Their Fate: Protecting the Sexual Innocence of Children In Youth-Serving Organizations, by Diane Cranley
When Survivors Give Birth:Understanding and Healing The Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women by Penny Simkin
No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu
Prey: The Secret That Almost Killed Me by Brad Watson
Taking Action: Support for Families of Adolescents with Illegal Sexual Behavior by Barbara L. Bonner
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke
Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder by Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD and Randi Kreger
Children's Story: Sexually Molested Children in Criminal Court by Judge Sandra B. Smith, JD
The Hormone Cure by Dr. Sara Gottfried
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN:
Age 3+:
I Said No! A Kid-to-Kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private, by Kimberly King
It's my Body, by Lory Freeman
An Exceptional Children's Guide to Touch, by Hunter Manasco. (This book is helpful for parents, teachers, caregivers, and anyone working with children with special needs.)
Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept, by Jayneen Sanders
Please Tell, by Jessie
Miles is the Boss of his Body, by S. Kurtzman-Counter
Age 5+
The Huge Bag of Worries, by Virginia Ironside
Come and Tell Me, (Be Sensible-And Safe), by Helen Hollick
A Terrible Thing Happened, by Margaret M Holmes
Drawing Together to Learn About Feelings, by Marge Eaton Heegaard
My Body Belongs to Me from my Head to my Toes, by Jill Starishevsky
Teach Your Dragon Body Safety: A Story About Personal Boundaries, Appropriate and Inappropriate Touching, by Steve Herman
Age 10+
Let's Talk About Sex, (Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health), by Robbie H Harris
Rosy and Jack, by Nicole Reading
I Can't Talk About It, by Doria Sanford
Healing Days: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma, by Susan Farber Strauss
Drawing Together to Manage Anger, by Marge Eaton Heegaard
When Adults Hurt Children: Helping Children Heal From Abuse, by Marge Eaton Heegaard
The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls, by Valorie Shaefer
The Boy's Body Book, by Kelli Dunham, RN and Robert Anastas
13+
PTSD Workbook for Teens, by Libby Palmer
What Does Consent Really Mean? by Pete Wallis, Joseph Wilkins, Thalia Wallis
Wreck This Journal: Creative Book with Funny Cute and Challenging Tasks to Complete, Stress Anxiety Relief Diary for All Ages, by Color Doe Smile
14+
I Have the Right To: A High School's Survivor Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope, by Chessy Prout
The Sexual Trauma Workbook for Teen Girls, by Raychelle Cassada Lohmann, PHD LPC
Moxie, by Jennifer Mathieu
The Anger Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Deal with Anger and Frustration, by Raychelle Cassada Lohmann
The Ultimate Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens, published by Health and Wellness Workbook for Teens
16+
In Love and in Danger, by Barry Levi
Nice to Meet Me, by Chris Carlton
We are not Alone: A Teenager Boy's Personal Account of Child Sexual Abuse from Disclosure Through Prosecution and Treatment, by Jade Christine Angelica
How Long Does It Hurt? A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families, by Cynthia L Mather
It Happened to Me: A Teen's Guide to Overcoming Sexual Abuse, by William Lee Carter
Stopping the Pain: A Workbook for Teens Who Cut and Self Injure, by Lawrence E Shapiro
The Mindfulness Journal for Teens, by Jennie Marie Battistin
SMASH Poetry Journal: 125 Writing Ideas for Inspiration and Self Exploration, by Robert Lee Brewer
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