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Many books are available which provide further support and information in dealing with a crisis, surviving rape, incest, or other sexual abuse. Some of these books are self-help books which give specific suggestions on healing from abuse, while others are memoirs, written by survivors themselves. The following list includes such books that RAAP frequently recommends to clients and others who are in some way affected by sexual abuse. For further information or to purchase books, you may follow the links provided.

GENERAL: (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Crisis)

Transcending: Reflections of Crime Victims, Howard Zehr
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences, Peter Levine, Ann Fredrick
When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold S. Kushner
Living Through Personal Crisis, Ann Kaiser Sterns
The Post–traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, Glenn R. Schraldi, PhD
I Can't Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors, Aphrodite Matsakis
The PTSD Workbook, Mary Beth Williams, PhD, Soili Poijula, Lasse A. Nurmi
Sensible Self-Help Book: The First Road Map for the Healing Journey, David
Recovering from Rape, Linda E. Ledray (also has a section for teen survivors and information for partners, friends and family helping a rape survivor)
I Never Called It Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape(appropriate for teens as well)
After Silence: Rape and My Journey Back, Nancy Venable Raine
Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery, Patricia Weaver Francisco
The Other Side of Silence: Women Tell About Their Experiences with Date Rape, Christine Carter (ed)
Where I Stopped: Remembering Rape at Thirteen, Martha Ramsey
Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape, Charlotte Pierce-Baker
Intricate Moves: Poems About Rape, Chicory Blue Press, 1997
Still Loved By the Sun: A Rape Survivor's Journal, Migael Scherer
I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Ellen Bass
Who's Afraid of the Dark? A Forum of Truth, Support and Assurance for Those Affected by Rape, Cynthia Carosella (ed)
Beginning to Heal: A First Book for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Ellen Bass, Laura Davis
The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Laura Davis
Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and Its Aftermath in Women, Sue Blume
Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and Its Aftermath in Women, Sue Blume
Because I Love You: The Silent Shadow of Child Sexual Abuse, Joyce Allan
Strong at the Broken Places:Overcoming the Trauma of Childhood Abuse, Linda T. Sanford
Not Child's Play: An Anthology on Brother-Sister Incest, (survivor's writing) Risa Shaw
When Your Child Has Been Molested, Kathryn Hagans, Case Joyce, Kathryn Brohl
Helping Your Child Recover from Sexual Abuse, Caren Adams, Jennifer Fay
A Mother's Nightmare - Incest: A Practical Legal Guide for Parents and Professionals, John E.B. Myers
The Mother's Book: How to Survive the Molestation of Your Child, Carolyn Byerly
The Me Nobody Knows: A Guide for Teen Survivors, Barbara Bean, Shari Bennett
How Long Does It Hurt? A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends and their families
Victims No Longer, Men Recovering from Incest and Other Sexual Abuse, Mike Lew
Leaping Upon the Mountains: Men Proclaiming Victory over Sexual Child Abuse, Mike Lew, Richard Hoffman
Everything You Need to Know When You Are the Male Survivor of Rape or Sexual Assault, John La Valle
Working with Available Light: A Family's World After Violence, Jamie Kalven(account written by husband of a rape survivor--great book)
If She Is Raped: A Guidebook for Husbands, Fathers and Male Friends, Alan W. McEvoy et al
If He Is Raped: A Guidebook for Parents, Mates and Friends, Alan W. McEvoy, Jeff Brookings, Debbie Rollo
Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child, Laura Davis
When You Are the Partner of a Rape or Incest Survivor: A Workbook for You, Robert Barry Levine
What About Me? A Guide for Men Helping Female Partners Deal with Childhood Sexual Abuse, Grant Cameron
Outgrowing The Pain Together, Eliana Gil
Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. A Complete Treatment Guide, Aphrodite Matsakis
Healing the Incest Wound. Adult Survivors in Therapy, Christine Courtois
Child Abuse Trauma. Theory and the Treatment of the Lasting Effects, John Briere
Psychological Trauma and the Adult Survivor. Theory, Therapy and Transformation, McCann and Pearlman

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