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Lori, there are three books that i found to be of good use besides Bradshaw's. the first being Allen Roland's Radical Therapy. The premisis is that the world is unified by a united field of love and if you can summit to it then you can be set free. He spends the first half of the book explaining the therory, then the last half is dedicated to seven exercises that he believes if done fully will set you free of all issues. The exercises are designed to be able to be done alone, or with a professional. The book is not currently in circulation, I found a copy at the labrary, it is also available on Amazon.com. It is helpful, but I am waiting to have a little extra cash to get a copy for me and my t. so we can use it , I just cannot seem to manage the exercises alone. The next would be Dan Allender's The wounded Heart. It was specificly writen for surviviors, and does a good job of describing what the effects are. It has a workbook to go along with it. What I liked the most was that he was able to put scriptural references with it to help heal your faith as well as the effects of abuse. He admits that the church generaly handles the issue of abuse wrongly, and offers suggestions ot overcome that. It was actually through some of the explianation he provides that I was able to identify whjat it was thatI had been feeling. I had never had a name for the emotions, then while reading his discriptions, I realized that I wasn't strange feeling these wierd things, but that they were emotions that I had never been able to feel safely as a child. The other is by Jan Frank, called Door of Hope. Another christian based book, but not as heavily as Wounded Heart. Originally writen for sexual abuse surviviors, she later realized that the ten steps she offers are good for healing most any trauma. She offers ten practical steps for moving through recovery, while admiting that it is a lifetime process. Both Allender and Frank are surviviors and come from that point of view. they both use their own and others experiences to reiterate their points. E. Sue Blume has a good one as well, Seceret Suviviors, haven't read it in years, so I do not know if it is still available. There is also always the old stsnd by, Courage to Heal, I found it to be of limited help. though. Hope this helps. Brenda |
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