He’s given buildings to universities and hospitals. He set up scholarships he helped build the local temple. But what went on before we got into the car was a horror show. He used to march us out every Sunday night to a fancy restaurant for dinner. He was loving toward us whenever our family was portrayed to the outside world. It’s too bad because she could have had a successful life and it ended up being a real zero. Before she married my father, she had been a published author. My mother was addicted to prescription drugs. I was always told I was going to end up just like her-bad and crazy. Of her childhood, Judy says: “My father’s sister died in an insane asylum and I was named for her. Judy and Howard have been married for twenty-five years and have four children, the eldest of whom is nineteen. Howard is a businessman and works for his father-in-law in the garment industry. She is a musician and lives with her husband, Howard, in an upper-middle-class, predominantly Jewish suburb of New York. This new edition will continue to serve as the healing beacon it has always been. This completely revised and updated 20th anniversary edition continues to provide the compassionate wisdom the book has been famous for, as well as many new features: Contemporary research on trauma and the brain An overview of powerful new healing tools such as imagery, meditation, and body-centered practices Additional stories that reflect an even greater diversity of survivor experiences The reassuring accounts of survivors who have been healing for more than twenty years The most comprehensive, up-to-date resource guide in the field Insights from the authors' decades of experience Cherished by survivors, and recommended by therapists and institutions everywhere, The Courage to Heal has often been called the bible of healing from child sexual abuse. Readers will feel recognized and encouraged by hundreds of moving first-person stories drawn from interviews and the authors' extensive work with survivors, both nationally and internationally. Weaving together personal experience with professional knowledge, the authors provide clear explanations, practical suggestions, and support throughout the healing process.
Although the effects of child sexual abuse are long-term and severe, healing is possible. Come to terms with your past while moving powerfully into the future The Courage to Heal is an inspiring, comprehensive guide that offers hope and a map of the healing journey to every woman who was sexually abused as a child-and to those who care about her.
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