Description

By Kate Swift

ISBN: 978-1-84991-915-9
Published: 2012
Pages: 64
Key Themes: Mental Health, Recovery, Healing, Sexual Abuse

Description

This book began as a personal challenge to complete an alphabetical list based on healing. As I worked my way through the alphabet, I realised how ‘key’ many of the things I have listed were to my own healing journey (a journey which is ongoing). I shared a few pages with our peer to peer support group and they were well received… One member said the contents so resonated with her that she had goose bumps whilst reading. I came to realise how helpful my list may be for survivors everywhere. There are many excellent books on healing written by professionals. This book is different… this book has been written by a survivor of C.S.A for other survivors of C.S.A. It is not by any means a substantial read in volume however I believe the contents might have a substantial impact on the reader. This is intended to be one of those books which you can dip in and out of at your own leisure.

About the Author

This is my 3rd book on a subject which is very close to my heart: reaching out to other survivors of childhood sexual abuse. I was abused from the age of 8 through to 15 years of age. In 2010 I built a website to share my poetry (now a published book ‘This Tangled Web’). This was my first endeavour to reach other survivors of this horrific crime. From the building of the website, to the opening of a peer to peer support group ‘This Tangled Web’ is now a constituted charity. I shared my story in full in my 2nd book ‘Nobody’s Rag Doll’. I believe healing from C.S.A is an ongoing journey and I count it a privilege to be able to share the journey with so many others.