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Shining Through

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Shining Through

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Model Number: WP052
A sensitive, easy-to-read and use guide for young women (ages 10 and up) dealing with sexual abuse. Filled with short, hope-filled chapters and thoughtful exercises.
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Shining Through
Pulling It Together After Sexual Abuse

by Mindy B. Loiselle & Leslie Bailey Wright

Shining Through is a sensitive, easy-to-read, and useful guide for young women (ages 10 and up) dealing with sexual abuse. Authors Mindy Loiselle and Leslie Bailey Wright know the healing process takes courage, curiosity, strength, and a need for space to explore questions and construct answers. This edition of Shining Through provides both space and insightful support for the courage these young women show in their everyday lives as they help themselves toward healing. To the well-received first edition, the authors have added thoughtful and practical material bout self-esteem, body image, relationships, sexuality, therapy, and "the rest of my life." (2003)

Contents

  • Chapter 1: Something Happened Why me? / What is sexual abuse? / Some ways to find help
  • Chapter 2: Why You Told (And Why You Sometimes Regret It) How the telling about abuse happened / Now people know — why isn't it better? / A special situation
  • Chapter 3: Feelings and Secrets Confusion / Fear / Shame and guilt / Protective feelings / Sadness /  Anger
  • Chapter 4: Old Coping / New Coping Coping / Separating yourself from the abuse / Thinking abuse is normal and good / Putting anger in the wrong place
  • Chapter 5: Choosing Your Own Road How abuse lowers self-esteem / Steps to choosing your own road / Relationships
  • Chapter 6: What About the Rest of My Life: Relationships With yourself / With your family / At school / With other friends / With social services / With courts / With the abuser / With the world
  • Chapter 7: Therapy Why do I need a therapist to talk to? / Why can't I just talk to my friends? / But I'd rather not talk about it at all / I feel too embarassed / What if I get really upset? What therapy should feel like / What will I do in therapy? / How private is therapy? / Ways to help your therapist / What if I hate it? / Trust and all adult helpers / So what's important here? / Therapy in your future
  • In Closing: What You Need to Heal
  • Recommended Reading
ISBN: 978-1-884444-39-5 128 pages, paper $16.00 | Order#: WP052