Offering a systematic approach to evidence-based assessment and planning for children living with trauma and family violence, this practical book shows how to assess and analyse the needs of the child, make specialist assessments where there are continuing safeguarding concerns (using the Assessment Framework) and plan effective child-centred and outcome-focused interventions.The authors analyse the impact of exposure to a climate of trauma and family violence on a child's bioneuro...

In 1995, Sophia McColgan's father was sentenced to prison for the serial rape and abuse of his children over many years. He had first raped Sophia when she was only six. It had taken immense courage on the part of Sophia and her family to bring the murky, hidden world of family child abuse to the public gaze. Then, in 1998, Susan McKay published Sophia's Story, one of the most acclaimed Irish books of modern times. Now re-issued with a new introduction by Susan McKay, it records a triumph ...

“Every woman who is struggling to understand the mistreatment she is experiencing in her relationship should begin by reading [this] wonderful book.”—Lundy Bancroft, author of Why Does He Do That?What do you do when the one you love hurts you?Have you been searching for answers to difficult questions about your relationship? Do you feel confused about why your partner seems loving one moment and angry the next? Summoning the courage to ask...

Do you know the signs of an abusive partner?Do you feel helpless, powerless, and out of control?Can you recognize if you are in an abusive relationship?Are you a victim of domestic violence?Have you ever thought of leaving but just don't know how?This books answers these questions and more.This domestic violence book will explain:The characteristics of an abusive partnerHow to recognize if you are in an abusive relationship

Finally...a book written specifically for men who have endured the verbal (and often physical) abuse of female narcissistic partners. From the author of When Love Is a Lie, When Evil Is a Pretty Face provides a non-clinical narrative about the female narcissist that validates the experience of male victims worldwide. Unlike the male narcissist (who has to be substantially more covert in carrying out his agenda),the female narcissist knows that society sympathizes with her - and against you...

The book is memoir of a domestic abuse survivor as told through her diary and life experiences. Part one shows what domestic abuse looks like and what it feels like. Part two covers the "hooks" that hold women in an abusive home and describes healing techniques. The third part centers on how to keep women and their children safe after they have escaped. In the forth part o the book the author shares the poem that grew out of her diary and life experiences. The goal of the book is to help w...

Do you suspect that your partner is a narcissist...an emotional manipulator? If so, how can you know for sure? Connecting the dots between behaviors is the key to recognizing the differences between partners who simply behave badly and those that follow a narcissistic relationship agenda. Yet another amazingly intuitive book from author and narcissist abuse recovery coach Zari Ballard (thenarcissisticpersonality.com), Narcissism in A Nutshell provides the definitive answers about narcissis...

A book full of practical solutions and spiritual advice to common relationship problems, written in The Abbotts usual sensitive and caring manner. Over 20 problems discussed including - violence, drugs, alcohol, sexuality, oppression, immaturity, perversion, bisexuality and more! A must read for any woman in a difficult relationship, needing emotional support and good advice from the privacy of a book.

You are invited to read my memoirs, With Vigilance, a woman of long term recovery. Someone told me my story is the key that can unlock someone else's prison. The slow, painful path back to becoming a functioning member of society, seeking employment, unlearning many messages, took much time, and many stumbles. The gifts and promises are shared along the way as well. I take an honest look at the low bottom of using, the many rehabs, the total lack of family support, and the celebrated 22 ye...

Tom Robson began to write creatively in his forties after he moved to Nova Scotia. Originally, his work was either with or for his elementary school students, or purely for the satisfaction that results from creating. Though his students were primarily the target audience for much of his fiction, poetry and plays, he also compiled reminiscences of his ancestry, his early life in England and, later, his life after becoming an immigrant in Canada."Written While I Still Remember" is a...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licenceThis book provides the first detailed discussion of domestic violence and abuse in same sex relationships, offering a unique comparison between this and domestic violence and abuse experienced by heterosexual women and men. It examines how experiences of domestic violence and abuse may be shaped by gender, sexuality and age, including whether and how victims/survivors seek help, and asks, what’s love got to do with it?A pioneer...

This is the story of a very courageous young women who suffered many years of abuse. Who sought to end the cycle within her family. This book speaks on a issue that happens daily but is shunned by society,sexual abuse is a global issue. While pedophiles get jail sentences the children get life sentences. Have you ever wondered where the next generation of Sex Traffickers, Rapist, Gang bangers, Sexual Offenders and people prone to Domestic Violence come from?