Courage to Heal, The - Ellen Bass, Laura Davis Reviews

I found this a very useful book. It made sense of many things I was experiencing and made me realise I was not alone. I can't comment much on the criticising of the book in regards to "repressed memories", as I was already in therapy for abuse before being introduced to the book. But it describes things in easy to ...  Read the complete review

Thank you for taking the time to write such a great review. I have just borrowed a copy of this book and yes, it is quite intense but the most helpful book I've read to date so far. Definitely a book than can be referred to again and again.

My sister read this book and suddenly had a repressed memory of childhood abuse by six different individuals. She got into RM groups and was contacted by a lawyer. After destroying our lives and spending thousands of dollars defending our father and brother, an unbiased medical examination she had before these accusation even arose proved that not ...  Read the complete review

"One out of three girls and one out of seven boys is sexually abused by the age of eighteen. All sexual abuse is damaging and the trauma does not end when the abuse stops." ? from The Courage to Heal I would never have said that I was the sort of person who believed in things like counselling and self help ...  Read the complete review

This has long been the classic recommendation for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to read.....I have yet to read the newer "Beginning to Heal" or the other book suggested in this section currently, "Breaking Free", but imagine they may well be better beginning books than this one. I have a number of concerns about ...  Read the complete review

This book is the one that most Survivors and professionals tend to hear about first when they are looking for support for this very difficult subject. The books deals with the question 'Am I a Survivors' as some people question whether what happened to them was abuse. Looks at the linked feelings of grief, anger and how ...  Read the complete review