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Beginning to Heal (Revised Edition): A First Book for Men and Women Who Were Sexually Abused As Children

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Like their other book, "Courage To Heal", this book is a must read for those in the abused community. It will help you to understand so much of what goes on inside the minds of those that have been abused. A Book that should be read by everyone, abused or not. Prevalant information and help, as well as inspirational.
other good reads are: Courage To Heal and Nightmares Echo

This book is a very good review for your self of esteem at this diffucult time in your life. It's very easy to read and its not too long either. Personally, for me I thought it was too basic. I need more help than it gave. I need more to do with what happens in adult hood to help you get over or deal with what happend when you were a little younger. Like preteen. This book focuses on children that were abused and not preteens.

This book is aimed at people who were sexually abused as children and are avoiding the subject of their past or don't think it is relevant to their problems of the present. If you care about someone who is clearly failing to cope with life in general, and you believe they have been abused, then this book makes an excellent gift. It is delicate and offers examples to introduce the topic. It is surprisingly compact, with a fairly simple message, that will hopefully lead to empowerment to take the next step.

Out of the pile of books I purchased to educate myself and give to my survivor friend, this book was the one I chose to give her first. It is thin and short, so hopefully it won't frighten her off reading it. I was quite nervous about giving it to her, but it was appreciated. She didn't think it would be helpful though and I haven't convinced her to open it quite yet. I know it is what she needs to do. Being light on the details, it will need to be replaced with something heavier down the track. If we get to that point it will have been *so* worth it!

An excellent book for survivors who are starting to deal with the effects of childhood sexual abbuse.
A perfect prelude to the comprehensive extension "the courage to heal"

this book is a sort of primer for the more comprehensive texts by these authors: The Courage to Heal 4e: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 20th Anniversary Edition and The Courage to Heal Workbook: A Guide for Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. i have found it useful for patients who are checking out these authors' writing/resources to see if they might be helpful, as well as patients who are worried that the full texts might be overwhelming. this book is a way to ease into the work for them. nonetheless, caution must be used when suggesting this book because it is still quite intense and can be overwhelming for some.

This book provides a great overview to the healing process. Ellenn Bass provides excellent guidence in facing and dealing with sexual abuse. If the writtings in this book make sense to you i strongly suggest you read "The Courage to Heal" by Ellen Bass, which like many of us becomes your bible in facing, dealing and putting sexual abuse in its proper place.

good read. hard to get through some parts but theraputic. not helpful for every one. my spouce loved the chapter for SOs but my sister did not find it to be helpful where as i found it a comfort and a guid e to some of my emotions that i had fought with for a number of years

I am a social worker employed as a mental health therapist, and I work with many people with intellectual limitations, such as mild MR and traumatic brain injuries, or learning disabilities. This book is very good for those who want to read something, but are daunted by the large (albeit excellent) books such as Courage to Heal. I have bought many copies of this book and end up giving them away to patients all the time; I imagine I will continue to do so. The last patient who read this told me, "Now I know I am not the only one this happened to, and I found out that so many of the things that happened to me are also sexual abuse." That was definitely a kick start. A wonderful way to begun therapeutic interventions with my patients.

It's okay, but not as good as "The Courage to Heal Cookbook," "The 30-Day Courage to Heal Diet," or "Winning at Blackjack the Courage to Heal Way," by the same authors.