If you have traumatic memories from an extremely upsetting, stressful, or painful experience in your life, you are not alone. In fact, many young people have been exposed to traumatic events. As a result, you might have lingering flashbacks, trouble sleeping, or a constant feeling that you are in danger. These are common symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Based in cognitive behavioral therapy, this user-friendly workbook for teens with PTSD and other trauma-related difficulties will help you work through your experience and make sense of your thoughts and feelings. The book includes worksheets and activities to help you reestablish a sense of safety, gain control over your emotions, make peace with your traumatic experience, and reconnect with a positive sense of self. If you are ready to start recovering from traumatic memories and take back your life, the PTSD Workbook for Teens will show you the way. Read more

The teenage years are a time to dream big and gain confidence as a Muslimah. So why are teenage girls encouraged to be self-absorbed, materialistic and promiscuous?The myth is peddled that you will be happier if you're less religious. But are the ideas society expects you to embrace good for your mental health and well-being? Concepts such as self-objectification, rampant consumerism and secularism.I want you to know that being a Muslim is the best thing in the world. You are truly blessed! Don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise.Smart Teenage Muslimah is a thought-provoking guide for Muslim girls. In the book, you will:Discover guidance from our sacred texts to achieve peace of mindUnderstand the purpose of your lifeLearn what Islam has to say about puberty and sexGet the facts about LGBTQIA+, feminism and gender identitySo, if you're a 'Smart Teenage Muslimah' whose goal is to succeed in this life and attain jannah in the next: this book is for you.'It is a must buy for parents, Islamic schools, teachers and teenage girls.' Hamza Tzortzis, Author:The Divine Reality: God, Islam & The Mirage of Atheism Read more

The Sexual Trauma Workbook for Teen Girls offers healing, real-life stories from survivors and powerful, evidence-based tools to help you reclaim your life after sexual abuse or trauma. If you’ve been sexually abused or experienced sexual trauma, you may feel confused, angry, ashamed, and unable to move forward emotionally. You're not alone. Like many teens who’ve been abused, you may be tempted to keep the secret locked deep inside and feel uncomfortable discussing your struggles with others. If so, this book can help you find your voice.This empowering workbook will help you move past your trauma and serve as a comforting reminder that you are strong and resilient. Healing is possible—and with healing, comes victory. In this book, you’ll find true stories from other teen survivors, and in reading the stories you’ll find reassurance in knowing you aren’t alone in your experiences. You’ll also find practical and proven-effective strategies and exercises to help promote emotional healing and reclaim your sense of self.Sexual abuse or trauma may be a part of your past, but it doesn’t need to define who you are now. This book will help you as you start on the path toward healing so you can move forward with confidence. Read more

Emotional, psychological abuse and sexual coercion are difficult to recognize. For women in abusive relationships, figuring out exactly what is going on is the first step - especially when their abusive husband is telling everyone else that she's the problem. The simple pictures and infographics in the back help women sort through the lies, gaslighting, emotional abuse, psychological abuse, and sexual coercion to take a step toward emotional, physical, and sexual safety in their homes.This book validates women in relationships with pornography addicts, who have experienced betrayal trauma, infidelity, and emotional abuse. It's useful to give to clergy, family, friends, or others who can't wrap their head around what's happening to the victim because it's such a short read, but it covers all the necessary concepts. The author, Anne Blythe, M.Ed. is the producer and host of the Betrayal Trauma Recovery podcast. For more information visit www.btr.org Read more

A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Described as "powerful," "captivating," and "essential" in the nine starred reviews it's received, this must-read memoir is being hailed as one of 2019's best books for teens and adults. A denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts, SHOUT speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice-- and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore. Read more

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” ~Alexander Den HeijerAfter being sexually abused by her father and uncle from age 3 to 12. Physically, mentally, and emotionally abused by male figures from age 3 to 24. Raped three times in her life by strangers who weren’t her father and uncle. Kailee lived in secrecy in an antisocial life for over 20 years. She believed she would take her secrets to her grave but the secrets were haunting her daily. This led her down a self-sabotage path, until she finally broke her silence and told her mother. When her mother died in a terrible accident, Kailee went on to share her story to the world.A Shattered Girl’s Survival is a memoir and guide for victims of a variety of abuse to help them heal from their trauma. The book goes into detail of her life growing up along with how she survived the abuse. It shares mistakes she has made along with lessons learned from them. The book is a roadmap of her recovery and path to finding peace.Kailee believes this book will help other victims in their recovery. It will resonate deep in their souls and encourage them to get out of their abusive relations. She hopes this book will help prevent suicides and give victims the life they deserve. Read more

This incredible autobiography of Christiane F. provides a vivid portrait of teen friendship, drug abuse, and alienation in and around Berlin's notorious Zoo Station. Christiane's rapid descent into heroin abuse and prostitution is shocking, but the boredom, longing for acceptance, thrilling risks, and even her musical obsessions are familiar to everyone. Previously published in Germany and the US to critical acclaim, Zest's new translation includes original photographs of Christiane and her friends. Read more

Your trauma doesn’t need to define you. In The PTSD Survival Guide for Teens, trauma specialist Sheela Raja—along with her teen daughter Jaya Ashrafi—offers evidence-based skills to help you find strength, confidence, and resilience in the aftermath of trauma.If you’ve experienced trauma or suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the world can seem like a very frightening place. You may even question your own deeply held beliefs, as well as the motives of others. It’s important for you to know that you aren’t alone, and there isn’t anything wrong with you. Many teens have suffered traumatic events, and there are solid skills you can learn that will help you recover. So, how can you begin healing and start building the life you were always meant to lead?In this compassionate guide, you’ll find skills based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you tackle anxiety and harmful avoidance behaviors; manage negative emotions; cope with flashbacks and nightmares; and develop trusting, healthy relationships—even if your trust in others has been shaken to the core. You’ll also learn more about the diagnosis and symptoms of PTSD and understand what kind of help is available to you.Whether you’ve been diagnosed with PTSD or are simply living with the aftereffects of a traumatic event, you shouldn’t have to suffer alone. This book will help you to find strength within so you can move forward.This book has been selected as an Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Book Recommendation—an honor bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives. Read more

Shattered Innocence: Healing Tears on Paper takes readers on a profound journey of healing and self-discovery as author Shontell Buffington, LCSW-BACS, fearlessly delves into the depths of past hurts to embrace the path to freedom. Through a series of heartfelt letters, Buffington invites readers to confront their pain with objectivity, compassion, and empowerment. Drawing from personal experiences and deep insights, each letter serves as a beacon of hope, guiding readers through the process of using coping skills to navigate adversity and release themselves from the bonds of past traumas. With poignant honesty and vulnerability, Buffington encourages readers to participate in a symbolic funeral for the dead things in their lives—unfulfilled expectations, hurtful situations, stagnant emotions, fear, doubt, faulty thinking, and poor self-perception—empowering them to emerge liberated and ready to embrace their true selves. Rooted in faith and spirituality, "Shattered Innocence" reminds readers of their inherent worth in the eyes of God, encouraging them to surrender their burdens, trust in divine guidance, and step boldly into a future filled with promise and possibility. Through this powerful journey of release and renewal, readers are invited to unlock the limitless potential that lies within and become the person God sees. Are you ready to embark on the path to liberation? The choice is yours. Read more

Learn Empathy: Help Your Betrayed Wife Heal DescriptionHelping a betrayed partner heal can feel hopeless, whether you are her partner or her therapist. Because she’s lost her sense of safety and trust in him, if he can’t express deep empathy and provide steady, dependable emotional intimacy after betrayal, healing often remains hopeless, and the relationship is lost.Yet few people, especially men, learned the essential skills of empathy and emotional intimacy growing up. For various reasons, most of us arrive at adulthood without secure attachment and the essential relational skills required to have deep, rich, satisfying relational intimacy with our partner and others.Using a combination of teaching, multimedia learning, and dozens of therapeutic, open-ended questions with space for the reader to journal his answers, this workbook goes above and beyond others. Starting with the reader's infancy, his childhood, and his ultimate betrayal of his partner, the reader learns how to make up for insufficient bonding in childhood and gain access to a huge shift in his thinking and being, empowering him to become the person he was born to be.This workbook includes 78 tools/skills, that if learned at a heart level and used with his partner, will enable her to heal and the reader to rewrite the future of his relationships.Its content is particularly helpful if done in a therapeutic, small-group setting.As I’ve tested the content I’ve found that couples heal better and faster if they use the material together. It gives them both a new, relational language.But if a reader lacks a willing partner, he can still start over and dramatically grow and change. It’s never too late to become who we were born to be.The information between these pages will show you how. Read more

Designed for adolescent survivors of sexual abuse who are in group or individual counselling and written in a style appropriate for this age group, this excellent resource provides information on how survivors may have been affected by abuse. The Survivor′s Guide will also be valuable to counsellors, psychotherapists and others helping survivors. The author helps readers to stop blaming themselves and to let go of the image that survivors often have of themselves of being in some way ′bad′ and therefore deserving of the abuse. Case histories are included throughout to illustrate concepts introduced by the author. Lee also provides a ′language′ that enables survivors to better communicate their experiences and feeling Read more

American Girl Books About Puberty; PeriodEdition is a body-positive illustrated book thathelps girls, ages 8-17, understand what toexpect about puberty and everything that goeswith it.The book shares tips and guide fromgirls across the U.S. of all backgrounds to helpyour child understand that everything they aregoing through is okay and normal. Parents willappreciate that the book also incorporatesfactual health content and practical tipsdeveloped by health experts from reputablecolleges.The goal is to empower girls to feelmore confident and knowledgeable about theirchanging bodies. Read more

A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Described as "powerful," "captivating," and "essential" in the nine starred reviews it's received, this must-read memoir is being hailed as one of 2019's best books for teens and adults. A denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts, SHOUT speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice-- and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore. Read more

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A powerful collection of poems, essays, letters, and interviews written by a diverse group of adults who survived sexual violence as children and adolescents. This anthology is a valuable resource to help teens upend stigma and create a better future. Read more

Kaelen is the perfect boyfriend. Smart, athletic, attentive, and willing to keep their secret.Abigail is the only girl Kaelen's ever met who is smarter than him. With his 165 IQ, he can talk to her about anything; science, math, social issues… chemistry. He just can’t date her.Until the day he gives up trying to pretend he isn’t in love and the chemical equation that burns between them gets too hot to ignore. Kaelen learns the hard way what happens when you play with fire, and Abigail pays the price. But she isn’t the only victim that night.Devastated that he hurt the girl he loves, Kaelen pleads guilty and faces the punishment he feels he deserves. Five years and one prison sentence later, Kaelen and Abigail can’t ignore the evidence of that one tragic night, and they can’t ignore the fire that still threatens all their plans for a future together. Read more

"I swear. Give me one more chance and I will make the most of it."Ex-hustler Javier Landes is asking for his third chance at love. The third time proves to be the charm when he meets a Manhattan art therapist named Steffen Finch. What starts as casual and curious deepens into a passionate relationship--everything Jav has ever wanted, and everything he fears losing.Stef's business card reads Curator & Sailor. His creativity and insightful nature have made him into a talented therapist, the one to call for tough cases. His professional success can't conceal a deep desire to connect with someone, but Javier Landes is the last person Stef expected.Geronimo "Geno" Caan is Stef's most challenging case. Shattered physically and mentally after a brutal sexual assault, Geno learns to let art express what can't be spoken aloud. But as Geno's attachment to Stef intensifies and spills onto Jav, the boundaries between professional and personal begin to blur.Over the course of a year, Jav, Stef and Geno form an unexpected and unconventional triangle, revealing how men make love in times of war and how love is a great wisdom made up of small understandings. The long-awaited second book of the Venery series, A Charm of Finches is an epic tale of survival and secrets that will stay with you forever.(Contains adult themes of sexual attraction and sexual violence, written in adult language.) Read more

In Volume 2 of the Letters to Myself series, a series geared towards teens and young adults around tough subjects, Jen Taylor, LCSW, takes her 23 years of experience as a New York-based spiritual psychotherapist to turn the focus to sexual assault, rape, and incest. These topics have long been considered taboo and are still not spoken of openly and honestly. Eighty percent of survivors - and we are SURVIVORS, not victims, of “Sexual Abuse” have one mental health issue. Fifty percent of survivors have two or more mental health diagnoses. Jen brings her expertise to the table with valuable resources and a collection of letters from individuals who have overcome sexual abuse. These brave souls offer their stories as a part of their own healing and the healing of the reader.It is Jen’s prayer that these letters offer validation, affirmation, and hope to those who are suffering. Please call 988 (USA) if you are struggling with suicidal thoughts.Please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800/656-HOPE or www.rainn.org (Rape, abuse & incest national hotline). Read more

The #MeToo movement has changed the way many people view the world, but how well do tweens understand it? Middle-grade readers are ready to learn about consent, harassment, and abuse, as well as healthy boundaries in all their relationships.#MeToo and You includes essential terminology, from consent to assault, from just plain yes to just plain no. Author Halley Bondy explores the nuances of emotions, comfort, and discomfort in sexually charged and emotionally abusive situations. Detailed scenarios, both real and hypothetical, provide valuable examples of what's acceptable and what is not, along with tools to help everyone treat others appropriately and to stand up for themselves and their peers. Read more