What About Me? A Guide for Men Helping Female Partners Deal with Childhood Sexual Abuse (Paperback)

by Grant Cameron (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
I constantly review books looking for those I can highly recommend and certainly yours will be at the top of my list...I can't tell you how pleased I am at the quality of the information you have provided. There are so many people out there who desperately need to read what you have written. -- Linda Halliday-Sumner Sexual Abuse Consultant

I found the book to be informative and easy to read. It was very good in describing the feelings that partners of survivors experience while helping a survivor to heal from the painful and devastating experience of childhood sexual abuse... From my past experience working with partners of survivors I would highly recommend this book to them. -- Maria Wallenius, Co-ordinator of the Sexual Assault Centre of Nippissing

Product Description
This is a book for the silent sufferers - the millions of men worldwide who are helping female partners recover from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. What About Me? will help men understand the issues surrounding childhood sexual abuse and prepare them for the rocky journey through the healing process with a survivor. It will help them understand why women who are healing say and do certain things. It will also give them a better understanding of their own actions and feelings.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 147 pages
• Publisher: Creative Bound; 6th edition (June 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0921165382
• ISBN-13: 978-0921165385
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #152,789 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommend this Book for ALL, December 15, 2002

By	Goddess Orchid (USA) - See all my reviews

Cameron takes you into the world of a child sexual abuse survivor and explains in layman terms how to help, deal, and cope with the process of healing. I brought this book for not only myself but my husband. My husband devoured the book in about a week. If you area survivor of child sexual abuse and really want to give your significant other or partner a gift buy this book. It will help them understand you, your feelings, and the child within. Actually my favorite chapter is the Child Within, where he speaks about the inner child. There are a lot of authors out there who DO NOT talk about the inner child as he does. With such understanding and sensitivity.

If you are a partner or significant other, you will find this book enlightening. You will finally understand the survivors anger, grief, and pain. You will learn how to back off and give space or embrace them for comfort.

This is also a good book for therapist who are working with couples or families. Highly recommended.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What Men Need to Know About Women Who Are Healing!, October 16, 2002

By	Jan Aldrich (Canterbury, CT United States) - See all my reviews

Grant Cameron and I argue constantly on the Internet on a number of subjects. However, this book was so right on target that I can find little to disagree with him. Grant's book helped me understand why my special friend is the way she is, and, in fact, the very things that she says are echoed by Grant from his own experience of helping his wife heal from childhood sexual abuse. The road to healing for the woman abused during childhood is hard and filled with difficulties, but partners may not be prepared for just how difficult the process may be on them. Grant has prepared an outline, a road map for those with the courage and concern to stand by the woman they love while she goes through the ordeal--and it is indeed an ordeal--of healing. If one is the same situation as Grand, they cannot do better than heed his advice and learn from his experiences.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars helping wife through healing process, November 21, 2004

By	David D "David" (British Columbia) - See all my reviews

My therapist recommended the book What about Me? My wife and I have read a couple of books for partners. But I found this book very straight forward and to the point.There is a chapter in the book called the crisis stage which we both found very helpful. The fact that Mr.Cameron has been through the process of helping his wife through the healing of sexual abuse is an example of how you can both work together.
I recommend this book for any partner helping a loved one deal with childhood sexual abuse.