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FitnessProsBooks.com - The Rape Recovery Handbook: Step-By-Step Help for Survivors of Sexual Assault
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List Price: $16.95
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Manufacturer: New Harbinger Publications
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 362
EAN: 9781572243378
ISBN: 1572243376
Label: New Harbinger Publications
Manufacturer: New Harbinger Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 190
Publication Date: 2003-10
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Studio: New Harbinger Publications
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Summary: So far so good...
Comment: I am about half way done working through this book and it has already been a great help. This book is not easy, not at all...but it was refreshing to feel normal. This is not just a book you can sit down and read, there are many journal exercises and activities that cause you to look inside yourself. I am very excited about this book so far but don't want to rush through it. The lessons I have already learned help me daily in my struggle. Very glad I have purchased it.
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Summary: Excellent to use with clients
Comment: I ordered this book for working with clients that are survivors of sexual abuse and rape. It has worked well with each one and have recommended it to several colleagues. Wonderful resource of how to work through the issue of assault and the emotions that go along with it. Rather enjoyed having the solution focus perspective when working with clients that are trying to overcome abuse, assaults, and rapes.
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Summary: Patronizing & Fraudulant
Comment: Her book is really the equivalent of 5 pamphlets on rape..then there is the perturbing epilogue..titled "It Almost Happened to Me".
Her epilogue:
One Sunday morning while I was working on this book, a man slipped into my home. I had just come back from the gym, taken off my coat, and turned to shut the door -- only to find a man standing in my hallway. He asked, "Can I come in?" He had a childish face, a timid demeanor, and from the religious pamphlets he was carrying, he appeared to be a missionary of some kind.
But I sensed danger. I slammed the door and yelled at him to go away. I had to yell several times. He finally left. I was calling the police when I looked outside a window and saw him running from one neighbor's backyard to another, peering over their fences. Then, for some reason, he ran away.
I alerted a few neighbors and then I went to church and the grocery store. As usual, I left my backdoor open to carry in my groceries. Within minutes, the man who had come to my door earlier that morning walked into my kitchen. The minute I saw him there, I started to scream loudly and repeatedly. I didn't decide to scream. The screams just started coming out, each one louder than the last. He turned around and left. Even after he fled, I kept on screaming. I couldn't make myself stop, even though I had to call the police.
That evening I tried to continue working on this book, but I couldn't stop shaking. That lasted for some days. For several weeks, I had nausea, nightmares, flashbacks, backaches and was "hyper"--my whole body was on emergency alert.
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Do those words REALLY sound like the words of a Stanford grad?? She sounds either paranoid or like a drama queen. What a coinkidink a potential rapist comes to her house...while she was writing this book!
She also claims to have been mugged, which is what she based her 1996 book "I Can't Get Over it" on.
Then this happens? I don't believe it.
I will be checking her credentials. If she was misleading about her education, I will demand my money back.
EDIT:
I have been in contact with the publishing company of the book and they will be refunding my money and looking into her supposed credentials. Kudos to them.
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Summary: This book is NOT easy, but it really is helpful.
Comment: I am working through this book. I have finished the first chapter that contained exercises. The exercises are not easy, but once you've written everything down you feel a bit better about things.
I am using this book in conjunction with therapy, and highly recommend that you have a therapist or someone you can talk to while you work through this book.
So I did the exercises one night, and then went to therapy the next morning. I read everything to my therapist and I felt really good. But after therapy suddenly I felt emotionally, physically, and mentally exhausted. I couldn't do anything the rest of the day.
You will feel a lot of emotions come up while you do the exercises...from anger, to sadness, to fear, etc. That is why I recommend having somebody you can talk to. These emotions can be hard to sit with on your own.
I hope this review was helpful, because it wasn't like I wanted everyone on the internet knowing what happened to me.
jamesgirl
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Summary: Hurts to look at and yet feels good to know I'm normal
Comment: I have had panic and annoyance and rage after doing the exercises - I am glad I exploring all aspects of what happened to get a better view of whom I am and why. It's scary how every single thing about me is touched by a rape from over 20 years ago. But I am glad to know that when I remembered the rape and how my parents weren't there and then I jumped across the room to pull my Mom's hair that was a GOOD sign of healing. Honestly. I felt better for having the sudden rage that scared me. The book is only half done, but the stuff I see coming up makes sense now that I have worked this far. But don't think it'll be easy. This is not an easy book.
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Victims of rape often suffer from symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as well as depression, addiction and other emotional problems. In this new handbook, an expert in the treatment of PTSD helps rape victims cope with the reality of the experience and deal with the aftermath of conflicting and debilitating feelings. Recovery begins by establishing a safety plan that includes what to expect from recovery, and an understanding of how to treat your self during recovery. Learn how to develop a community and supportive network to assist you during the journey and cope with the anxiety and anger that often arise during this process. Understand how sexual assault can affect many aspects of life. Shatter myths about sexual assault and examine how the experience can change relationships. The final part of the book facilitates the mental reconstruction of the assault to diffuse its emotional power. Counter irrational beliefs, find inner reserves of strength and energy, and regain personal power.
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