Beginning to Heal (Revised Edition)
Description
There's nothing as wonderful as starting to heal, waking up in the morning and knowing that nobody can hurt you if you don't let them.
Beginning to Heal offers hope and guidance for all survivors starting the healing journey. No matter how great your pain today, you can not only heal but thrive. Based on the authors' bestseller The Courage to Heal, this Revised Edition of Beginning to Heal takes you through the key stages of the healing process, from crisis times to breaking the silence, grief, and anger, to resolution and moving on. It includes inspirational highlights, clear explanations, practical suggestions, and compelling accounts of survivors' pain, their strength, and their triumphs.
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A pioneer in the field of healing from child sexual abuse, Ellen Bass currently teaches in the MFA program at Pacific University in Oregon. Her poetry books include Mules of Love and The Human Line.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- A Letter to Our Readers
- Part One: The Healing Process
- Healing Is Possible
- The Decision to Heal
- The Emergency Stage
- Remembering
- Believing It Happened
- Breaking Silence
- Understanding That It Wasn't Your Fault
- The Child Within
- Grieving
- Anger
- Forgiveness?
- Spirituality
- The Process of Change
- Resolution and Moving On
- Part Two: Stories of Courage
- I Told My Son: Eva's Story
- It Had Happened to Me: Paul's Story
- Learning to Survive: Soledad's Story
- Taking On the Church: David's Story
- I Loved My Father: Randi's Story
- For Supporters of Survivors
- National Child Abuse Hotline
- About the Authors
- Also by the Authors
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
