Understanding and treating adult victims of incest.“Highly recommended as an authoritative text on incest and its treatment” and “essential reading for all therapists,” Healing the Incest Wound was a groundbreaking book that put incest studies and treatment on the map. Now, almost 20 years later, this bestselling text is fully updated, offering the most current studies and findings on incest typologies, dynamics, and treatment strategies. Drawing on cutting-edge research on incest and other forms of child abuse, it includes attention to their neurological, attachment, affective, and dissociative sequelae. Courtois—a veteran practitioner and an expert in complex traumatic stress disorders resulting from chronic child abuse—presents a comprehensive revision to this classic treatment manual... Less

Described as “all under Heaven,” the Chinese empire might have extended infinitely, covering all worlds and cultures. That ideology might have been convenient for the state, but what did late imperial people really think about the scope and limits of the human community? Writers of late imperial fiction and drama were, the author argues, deeply engaged with questions about the nature of the Chinese empire and of the human community. Fiction and drama repeatedly pose questions concerning relations both among people and between people and their possessions: What ties individuals together, whether permanently or temporarily? When can ownership be transferred, and when does an object define its owner? What transforms individual families or couples into a society? Tina Lu traces how these... Less

Mainstream analysts working in the Jungian tradition have largely neglected adolescents. Sidoli and Bovensiepen remedy that omission, showing how and why psychological and physical abuse suffered by young children erupts in violent and destructive behavior against self and others. Using clinical material, they establish the link between archetypal imagery, disturbed behavior, and instinctual drive. Drawing from all schools of analytical psychology, the authors along with several associates, focus mainly on severe neurotic disturbances and behavioral problems occurring in adolescence. Because most disturbances originate in the body, the contributors concentrate on self-destructive behavior: suicide, self-mutilation, and other self-damaging acts. Case histories illustrate the... Less

ISBN13: 9780156443005. ISBN10: 0156443007. by Anais Nin. Published by Harcourt Trade Publishers. Edition: 92

In the 1990s, a boom in autobiographical novels and memoirs about incest emerged, making incest one of the hottest topics to connect daytime TV talk shows, the self-help industry, and the literary publishing circuit. In Everybody's Family Romance, Gillian Harkins places this proliferation of incest literature at the center of transformations in the political and economic climate of the late twentieth century. Harkins's interdisciplinary approach reveals how women's narratives about incest were co-opted by-and yet retained resistant strains against-the cultural logics of the neoliberal state. Across chapters examining legal cases on recovered memory, popular journalism, and novels and memoirs by Dorothy Allison, Carolivia Herron, Kathryn Harrison, and Sapphire, Harkins demonstrates that... Less

"... an intellectually stimulating discussion of important theories and an enthrallingly personal reading experience." —Elizabeth L. Navarre\"... the one book we've been waiting for.... The book succeeds admirably in exploring six women's stories with a great deal of respect." —Changes: An International Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy"... poignant revelations... Johnson is able to paint an individualized portrait of each woman and avoids twisting their stories to fit some theory." —Publishers Weekly"... a gritty glimpse of a painful struggle, and a framework for rethinking our perspectives and prejudices." —The Women's Review of BooksJanis Tyler Johnson has collected the stories of six mothers who relate, in their own words, their experiences as mothers of incest victims. Their... Less

Conquering Incest is a must read for all survivors and clinicians who want to gain an understanding of how much effort it takes for someone to overcome the horror of childhood abuse. Debra Snow, MA Director of the Sidran Help Desk and Private Practice Clinician Ms. Champé's determination to heal and create a new life worth living is inspiring. Bethany Brand, Ph.D. Professor, Towson University This book is a call to action and a recipe for how to take action effectively. Elizabeth Vermilyea, MA Author: Growing Beyond Survival Anyone interested in understanding the impact of severe sexual abuse, and the difficult path to recovery, will benefit from reading Ms. Champé's book. Catherine Busch, Ph.D. Child Psychologist, Columbia, MD This book is a wake-up call to spouses of abusers... Less

From Dr. Patricia Love, a ground-breaking work that identifies, explores and treats the harmful effects that emotionally and psychologically invasive parents have on their children, and provides a program for overcoming the chronic problems that can result.

In Treating Secondary Victims the author builds upon a foundation of both the research literature on incest victims and families, as well as her own clinical experience to provide a conceptual framework for intervention and treatment of the non-offending mother.

Pages: 312, Paperback, Texas Christian University Press