NAPAC - Booklist - Self Help
Home|About|Survivors|Volunteer|News|Donate|Contact Support Line 0800 085 3330 (calling from a mobile?)

Booklist - Self Help

Here is a list of books that we hope you may find useful. If you purchase any of the books (or any other products) through our website, via the link to Amazon, NAPAC will receive 10% of the cover value from them.

If you have read any books that you have found helpful, please do let us know and we will do our best to feature them here.

Please note - to purchase any of these books, either click on the blue text 'Buy this book from Amazon' or on the picture of the cover.

cover

Breaking Free: Help for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Carolyn Ainscough, Kay Toon

Buy this book from Amazon

• Paperback 266 pages (April 2000)
• Publisher: Sheldon Press
• ISBN: 0859698106

This manual is designed to help survivors of child sexual abuse. It updates the first edition, and investigates all the effects of child sexual abuse, which often persist into adult life - guilt and shame, depression and anxiety, eating disorders, fear of relationships and sexual problems.

cover

The Drama of Being a Child : The Search for the True Self
Alice Miller

Buy this book from Amazon

• Paperback 174 pages (April 27, 1995)
• Publisher: Virago Press
• ISBN: 1860491014

Miller has rewritten most of this book in the light of her move beyond the framework of psychoanalysis. In this version, Miller details how we can use her discoveries to help free ourselves. She illustrates, with many examples, how it is possible to recover lost feelings and repressed history, ending with a healthy beginning.

cover

Overcoming Sexual and Childhood Abuse
Liz Adamson

Buy this book from Amazon

• Paperback 154 pages (March 1, 2004)
• Publisher: Diviniti Publishing Ltd
• ISBN: 1901923525

This book is in two parts. Part one looks at all the patterns and issues associated with abuse. Part two provides processes and exercises designed to rid abuse victims of the negative aspects of the past. This can be done by individuals or within a group context. Liz Adamson is a leading UK life coach and self help author.

cover

The Male Survivor - The impact of sexual abuse
Matthew Parynick Mendel

Buy this book from Amazon  

• Paperback 264 pages (December 30, 1994)
• Publisher: Sage Publications (USA)
• ISBN: 0803954425

Mathew Mendel presents the findings of the first American survey of male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. He examines the long term effects and dispels many myths. He shows that male victims need to be acknowledged and understood through their recovery process.

cover

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Ellen Bass, Laura Davis

Buy this book from Amazon  

• Paperback 495 pages (April 11, 2002)
• Publisher: Vermilion
• ISBN: 0091884209

Based on the experiences of hundreds of survivors, this work profiles victims who share the challenges and triumphs of their personal healing processes. it offers mental, emotional and physical support to all people who are in the process of rebuilding their lives.

cover

The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Laura Davis

Buy this book from Amazon  

• Spiral-bound 475 pages (February 1, 1990)
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• ISBN: 0060964375

As a step-by-step guide through the healing process, this workbook offers provides same directional support as its companion bestseller, Courage to Heal. The workbook is a combination of checklists, open-ended questions, writing exercises, art projects, and activities.

cover

Victims No Longer- The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse
Mike Lew

Buy this book from Amazon

• Paperback 464 pages (May 1, 2004)
• Publisher: Perennial
• ISBN: 006053026X

Mike Lew's book positively shows that hope, information, and understanding will lead to recovery. With insight into the causes and treatment, intelligent advice, and respect for deep emotions, you feel you're in compassionate hands that have steered many success stories of recovery.

cover

Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: To Join the Waiting Child
Alice Miller, Simon Worrall

• Paperback 191 pages (November 6, 1997)
• Publisher: Virago Press
• ISBN: 1860493475

Buy this book from Amazon  

Miller and Worrall analyse people such as Hitler and Nicolae Ceasescu -drawing on her own painful childhood experiences, Miller argues the point that 'The culture that ignores roots of hatred and tyranny embedded in its own childrearing traditions renders itself ripe for payback.' This book deals with child abuse studies and how dictators can be shaped from societies that endure this behaviour.

cover

The Right to Innocence: Healing the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Beverly Engel

Buy this book from Amazon  

• Paperback 252 pages (August 1, 1991)
• Publisher: Ivy Books
• ISBN: 0804105855

Based on the author's wide-ranging counselling experiences, this book provides a seven-step recovery program for men and women who were sexually abused as children, helping them heal and face a positive future.

cover

The Survivors Guide to Sex
Staci Haines

Buy this book from Amazon

• Paperback 200 pages (April 1, 1999)
• Publisher: Cleis Press
• ISBN: 1573440795

Everyone who wishes to be able to enjoy sex after the pain of abuse will find help here. It is also an essential aid for anyone who is having sex with someone who has been through the trauma of non-consensual abuse. It is informative, sensitive and very well written. Its chapters cover areas such as personal triggers, communication of fears, letting go of the physical trauma, and more. It also includes a comprehensive resource section.

cover

Rescuing the Inner Child
Penny Parks

Buy this book from Amazon

• Paperback
• Publisher: Human Horizons
•ISBN: 0-285-65089-0

This book is well known and highly respected - it provides help to adults who were sexually abused as children.

 

No

Image

Available

 

Female Sexual Abuse of Children: The Ultimate Taboo

Buy this book from Amazon

• Paperback 261 pages (April 1997)
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN: 0471972215

 

This book can be extremly helpful to those who have been abused by females.

cover

Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
Susan Forward

Buy this book from Amazon

• Paperback 320 pages (May 2002)
• Publisher: Bantam Books Ltd
•ISBN: 0553814826

The first section of the book looks at the myths of perfect parents and the effects of “toxic” parents on the adult lives of their children. There are then separate chapters dealing with different types of “toxic” parents (the inadequate parent, the controlling (and manipulative) parent, the substance abusing parent, the verbally abusive parent, the physically abusive parent, the sexually abusive parent).

The second part of the book is more about you. It asks questions aimed at making you think about the way your parents have influenced your life and responses you might be able to use to deal with that.

Back to shop