Jewish survivors of childhood sexual abuse, incest, sexual assault, professional sexual misconduct, clergy sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, rape, etc.
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Table of Contents:
- Books
- General
- Jewish Books
- Child Abuse General Books
- Adoption and Foster Care Books
- Childhood Sexual Abuse Books
- Children's Books
- Clergy Sexual Abuse Books
- Clinical Books
- Creative Art Therapies (Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy) - Books
- Dating / Shidduch
- Domestic Violence / Marital Rape - Books
- Dissociation (Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder) - Books
- Eating Disorders - Books
- Holocaust - Survivors of Sexual Violence
- Juvenile Sex Offenders - Books
- Legal / Law Enforcement - Books
- Medical Professionals - Books
- Mind Control / Cults - Books
- Parenting - Books
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - Books
- Professional Sexual Misconduct - Books
- Prostitution/Trafficking - Books
- Sex Offenders - Books
- Sexual Assault / Rape
- Sexuality
- Sibling Incest
- Video's and DVD's
- Child Abuse and Neglect (Video's and DVD's)
- Childhood Sexual Abuse (Video's and DVD's)
- Cults / Mind Control (Video's and DVD's)
- Domestic Violence / Marital Rape (Video's and DVD's)
- Prostitution / Human Traffiking (Video's and DVD's)
- Sexual Assault (Video's and DVD's)
- Clergy Abuse (Video's and DVD's)
- Audio Tapes
- Healing Music
- Ohr Chadash by Ayelet HaShachar by Lisa Aronson Friedman, Shalomis Koffler, and Stephanie Rabinowitz.
- Darashti Et Hashem (song about surviving trauma/terrorism)
- Castle of the King
- From Strength to Strength by Peter Himmelman
- This Too Will Pass
- Impermanent Things
- G-D Don't Have To Teach You This Way
Historical Perspective of Child Abuse
- Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape by Susan Brownmiller
- For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence by Alice Miller
- Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, by Judith Herman
General Books
- No Enemies Within: A Creative Process for Discovering What's Right About What's Wrong by Dawna Markova
- No Safe Place: The Legacy of Family Violence by Christina Crawford
- Resilient Adults : Overcoming a Cruel Past by Gina O'Connell Higgins
- Unchained Memories: True Stories of Traumatic Memories, Lost and Found by Lenore Terr
Jewish Books
- Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuriesby Alice Miller
- Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You by Sue William Silverman
- The Primrose Path - by Carol Matas. Also see: case of Rabbi Ephraim Bryks.
- Shine the Light: Sexual Abuse and Healing in the Jewish Community by Rachel Lev
- Soul Murder: The Effects of Childhood Abuse and Deprivation by Leonard Shengold
- Spilled Milk by Holly Goldstein
Child Abuse General Books
- Broken Toys Broken Dreams: Understanding and Healing Codependency, Compulsive Behaviors and Family by Terry Kellogg and Marvel Harrison
- Murder of Innocence: The Tragic Life and Final Rampage of Laurie Dann by Joel Kaplan, George Papajohn and Eric Zorn
Adoption and Foster Care
- Adoption and the Sexually Abused Child by by Joan McNamara and Bernard McNamara
- Let's Talk About It: Adoption by Fred Rogers
- Zachary's New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children by Geraldine M. Blomquist and Paul B. Blomquist
Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse by Mic Hunter
- Conspiracy of Silence: The Trauma of Incest by Sandra Butler.
- The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis.
- The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller
- Father-Daughter Incest by Judith Lewis Herman
- Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt As Children by Nancy J. Napier
- Healing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy by Christine A. Courtois
- The Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children by Eliana Gil
- How Can I Forgive You?: The Courage To Forgive, the Freedom Not To by by Janis A. Spring
- I Thought We'd Never Speak Again: The Road from Estrangement to Reconciliation by Laura Davis
- I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass and Louise Thornton
- Leaping Upon the Mountains: Men Proclaiming Victory over Sexual Child Abuse by Mike Lew
- Nursery Crimes: Sexual Abuse in Day Care by David Finkelhor and Linda Meyer Williams
- Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and About Adults Abused As Children by Eliana Gil
- Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and Its Aftereffects in Women by E. Sue Blume
- Strong at the Heart: How It Feels to Heal from Sexual Abuse by Carolyn Lehman
- Times Square Rabbi: Finding the Hope in Lost Kids' Lives by Rabbi Yehuda Fine
- The Me Knobody Knows: A Guide For Teen Survivors by Barbara Bean and Shari Bennett
- Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse by Mike Lew
Children's Books
- A Child's First Book About Play Therapy by Marc A. Nemiroff and Jane Annunziata
- A Very Touching Book...for Little People and for Big People by Jan Hindman
- Feeling Angry - Let's Talk About It by Joy Berry
- The Empty Place: A Child's Guide Through Grief by Roberta Temes
- Hands Are Not for Hitting by Martine Agassi
- I Told My Secret: A Book for Kids Who Were Abused by Sally Haskell and Eliana
- Let's Talk About It: Adoption by Fred Rogers
- Let's Talk About It: Divorce by Fred Rogers
- Let's Talk About Feeling Sad by Joy Wilt Berry
- My Body Is Mine, My Feelings Are Mine/ With Game: A Storybook About Body Safety for Young Children With an Adult Guidebook by Susan Hoke
- My Body Is Private by Linda Walvoord Girard
- Peace Begins With You by Katherine Scholes
- Please Tell!: A Child's Story About Sexual Abuse by Jessie
- Red Flag Green Flag People: A Personal Safety Program for Children/& Coloring Book by Kecia Softing Freed
- Something Happened and I'm Scared to Tell: A Book for Young Victims of Abuse by Patricia Kehoe
- The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
- Zachary's New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children by Geraldine M. Blomquist and Paul B. Blomquist
Clergy Sexual Abuse
- The Primrose Path - by Carol Matas. Also see: case of Rabbi Ephraim Bryks.
- Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels, by Hella Winston
- Article: Confronting Abuse In The Orthodox Community, by Rabbi Yosef Blau, Nefesh News, 7:9, July 2003).
Clinical Books
- Art Therapy Practice: Innovative Approaches with Diverse Populations by Harriet Wadeson
- Casebook of Sexual Abuse Treatment by William N. Friedrich
- The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy by by Mic Hunter and Jim Struve
- Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods (7th Edition) by Michael P Nichols and Richard C Schwartz
- The Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children by Eliana Gil
- I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus
- Internal Family Systems Therapy by Richard C. Schwartz
- Memory and Abuse by Charles Whitfield
- The Mosaic Mind: Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors by Regina A. Goulding and Richard C. Schwartz
- Pockets of Craziness: Examining Suspected Incest by Brohl Kathryn
- Psychotherapy of Sexually Abused Children and Their Families by William N. Friedrich
- Risking Connection: A Training Curriculum for Working With Survivors of Childhood Abuse by Karen W. Saakvitne, Sarah Gamble, Laurie Anne Pearlman and Beth Tabor Lev
- Sexual Abuse And Eating Disorders by Mark Schwartz
- Sexual Abuse: Incest Victims and Their Families by Jean Goodwin
- Trauma and Sexuality: The Effects of Childhood Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse on Sexual Identity and Behavior by James A. Chu
- Treating Incest: A Multiple Systems Perspective by by Terry S. Trepper and Mary Jo Barrett
- Treating the Young Male Victim of Sexual Assault by Eugene Porter
- What Children Can Tell Us: Eliciting, Interpreting, and Evaluating Critical Information from Children by James Garbarino, Frances M. Stott, Faculty of the Erikson Institute
Creative Art Therapies (Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy)
- Art Therapy Practice: Innovative Approaches with Diverse Populations by Harriet Wadeson
- The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself by Lucia Capacchione
- Creative and Mental Growth by Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain
- Managing Traumatic Stress Through Art: Drawing from the Center by Barry Cohen, Mary-Michola Barnes and Anita Rankin
- Telling Without Talking: Art As a Window into the World of Multiple Personality by Barry M. Cohen and Carol Thayer Cox
Dating and Shidduch
- The Shidduch Crisis Causes and Cures by Michael J. Salamon, PhD
Domestic Violence / Marital Rape
- Empowering Survivors of Abuse: Health Care for Battered Women and Their Children by Jacquelyn C. Campbell
- Everybody's Best Friend - The murder of Stephanie Rabinowitz, by Ken Englade
- License To Rape: Sexual Abuse of Wives by David Finkelhor
- Rape in Marriage by Diana E.H.Russel
Dissociation (Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder)
- A Dissociation in Children and Adolescents: Developmental Perspective by Frank W. Putman
- Beyond Integration: One Multiple's Journey Doris Bryant and Judy Kessler
- The Dissociative Child: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management by Joyanna L. Silberg
- The Family Inside: Working With the Multiple by Doris Bryant, Judy Kessler and Lynda Shirar
- Feeling Unreal: Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the Self by Daphne Simeon and Jeffrey Abugel
- Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality by Joan Frances Casey and Lynn Wilson
- The Magic Daughter: A Memoir of Living with Multiple Personality Disorder by Jane Phillips
- Mending Ourselves: Expressions of Healing and Self-Integration by Lynn Wasnak
- Multiple Personality Disorder from the Inside Out by W. Gillerm, Barry M. Cohen, Esther Giller, Lynn W.
- The Osiris Complex: Case-Studies in Multiple Personality Disorder by Colin A. Ross
- Rebuilding Shattered Lives: The Responsible Treatment of Complex Post-Traumatic and Dissociative Disorders by James A. Chu
- Someone I Know Has Multiple Personalities: A Book for Significant Others-- Friends, Family, and Caring Professionals by Sandra Hocking
- The Stranger In The Mirror by Marlene Steinberg and Maxine Schnall
- Telling Without Talking: Art As a Window into the World of Multiple Personality by Barry M. Cohen (Author), Carol Thayer Cox
Eating Disorders
- Sexual Abuse And Eating Disorders by Mark Schwartz
Holocaust - Survivors of Sexual Violence
- Men or Rats by Simonne Levi - Jameson, PhD. Cost $20.00 (US dollars). Make checks payable to: Children's Rights Foundation, Inc. ELPIDA, Dr. Simonne Jameson, 620 Mt. Aitken Rd., Sunbury, Victoria, Australia 3429
Juvenile Sex Offenders
- Assessment and Treatment of Adolescent Sex Offenders by Garry P. Perry and Janet Orchard
- Helping children with sexual behavior problems: A guidebook for parents and substitute caregivers by Toni Cavanagh Johnson
- A Guide for Parents of Children Who Molest by Eliana Gil
- See Jane Hit: Why Girls Are Growing More Violent and What We Can Do About It by James Garbarino
- Sexualized Children: Assessment and Treatment of Sexualized Children and Children Who Molest by Eliana Gil and Toni Cavanagh Johnson.
Legal / Law Enforcement
- Children's Story: Sexually Molested Children in Criminal Court by Judege Sandra Butler Smith
- Child Sexual Abuse and the Courts: A Manual for Therapists by Adele Mayer
- Delayed Prosecution for Childhood Sexual Abuseby Penney Lewis
- God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law by Marci A. Hamilton
- Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect its Children by Marci A. Hamilton
- Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse by National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
- On trial: America's courts and their treatment of sexually abused children by Billie Wright and Judge Charles B. Schudson
Medical Professionals Books
Mind Control / Cults - Books
- Combating Cult Mind Control by Steven Hassan
- Releasing The Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves by Steven Hassan
- Recovery from Cults: Help for Victims of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse by Michael D. Langone
Parenting
- A Guide for Parents of Children Who Molest by Eliana Gil
- A Very Touching Book...for Little People and for Big People by Jan Hindman
- But I Didn't Say Goodbye : For parents and professionals helping child suicide survivors by Barbara Rubel
- Grieving Child: A Parent's Guide by Helen Fitzgerald
- Healing the Harm Done: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Overcome the Effects of Sexual Abuse by Jennifer Y.Levy
- Helping children with sexual behavior problems: A guidebook for parents and substitute caregivers by Toni Cavanagh Johnson
- The Mother's Book: How to Survive the Molestation of Your Child by Carolyn M. Byerly
- Please Tell!: A Child's Story About Sexual Abuse by Jessie
- See Jane Hit: Why Girls Are Growing More Violent and What We Can Do About It by James Garbarino
- Talking about touching: For parents and kids : parent guide by Kathy Beland
- Understanding Your Child's Sexual Behavior by Toni Cavanagh Johnson
- When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parents Guide to Healing and Recovery by Kathryn Brohl and Joyce Case Potter
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - Books
- Creating Sanctuary: Toward the Evolution of Sane Societies by Sandra L. Bloom
- Growing Beyond Survival: A Self-Help Toolkit for Managing Traumatic Stress by Elizabeth Vermilyea
- I Can't Get over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors by Aphrodite Matsakis
- International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma by Arieh Y. Shalev, Rachel Yehuda and Alexander C. McFarlane
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents by Raul Silva and Raul R. Silva
- The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms by Mary Beth Williams
- Trust After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them by Aphrodite Matsakis
Professional Sexual Misconduct
Prostitution/Trafficking
- Prostitution, Trafficking and Traumatic Stress by Melissa Farley
Sex Offenders
- Conversations With a Pedophile: In the Interest of our Children by Amy Hammel-Zabin
- Families That Abuse: Diagnosis and Therapy by Stefano Cirillo and Paola Diblasio
- Female Sex Offenders: What Therapists, Law Enforcement and Child Protective Services Need to Know by Julia Hislop
- Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders : Who They Are, How They Operate, and How We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Childrenby Anna C. Salter
- Supervision of the Sex Offender: Community Management, Risk Assessment and Treatment by Georgia Cumming and Robert McGrath
Sexual Assault / Rape
- Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape by Susan Brownmiller
- The Politics of Rape: The Victims Perspective by Diana E.H. Russel
- After Silence: Rape & My Journey Back by Nancy Venable Raine
Sexuality
Sibling Incest
- The Brother/Sister Hurt: Recognizing the Effects of Sibling Abuse by Veronon R. Wiehe
- Not Child's Play: An Anthology on Brother-Sister Incest by Risa Shaw
Video's and DVD's
Child Abuse and Neglect (Video's and DVD's)
- Billy Jack (1971)
- Cinderella (1965) by Rogers and Hammerstein
- Ever After - A Cinderella Story (1998)
- Dumbo (1941)
- Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy (1954)
- Murder of Innocence (1993) - Made for TV Movie about the Case of Laurie Dann
- Oliver! (1968)
- Ordinary People (1980)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
Childhood Sexual Abuse (Video's and DVD's)
- I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (1977) (PTSD)
- The Color Purple (1985)
- Nuts (1987) (PTSD)
- Sibil (1976) (Dissociation)
- The Three Faces of Eve (1957) (Dissociation)
Childhood Sexual Abuse - Male Survivor (Video's and DVD's)
- The Prince of Tides (1991) (PTSD)
- Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) (PTSD)
- Tommy (1975) (Dissociation)
- Trembling Before G-D (2001) (includes a case of childhood sexual abuse)
Cults / Mind Control (Video and DVD's)
Domestic Violence / Marital Rape (Video's and DVD's)
Prostitution / Human Traffiking (Video's and DVD's)
Sexual Assault / Rape (Video's and DVD's)
Clergy Abuse (Video's and DVD's)
- The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
- Twist of Faith (2004) - Addresses the sexual abuse of young boys by Catholic priests
Audio Tapes
Childhood Sexual Abuse - Tapes
- Shattering the Silence: Childhood Sexual Abuse," Vicki Polin and Michael Salamon. Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) 5th Annual International Conference.
- A Jewish Perspective on Child Sexual Abuse. Vicki Polin, executive director of The Awareness Center, Inc. Appears on Ethicalife Talk Internet Radio Show.
Clergy Abuse - Tapes
- The Politics of Gender in Confronting an Abusive Rabbi, Judy Klitsner. Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) 5th Annual International Conference.
- When Authority Breaks Down: The Abuse of Power, Rabbis Yosef Blau and Mark Dratch. Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) 5th Annual International Conference.
Sexual Assault / Rape - Tapes