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The #MeToo Reckoning
The #MeToo movement has revealed sexual abuse in every sphere of society, including the church. But all too often, churches have been complicit in protecting abusers, reinforcing patriarchal power ...
Understanding Sexual Abuse - A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors
What does the path to healing look like for survivors of sexual abuse? And how can ministry leaders, pastors, and counselors best help them as they walk this difficult road? Drawing on both his own...
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advan...
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents - Kindle edition by Gibson, Lindsay C.. Health, Fitness & Dieting Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as...
Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
Power has a God-given role in human relationships and institutions, but it can lead to abuse when used in unhealthy ways. Speaking into current #MeToo and #ChurchToo conversations, this book shows ...
Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Dynamic Research on Finding a Place of Wholeness
Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Dynamic Research on Finding a Place of Wholeness
Author: Barbara Orlowski
Publisher: Wipf & Stock
Overcoming Religious Abuse Community with Connie A Baker MA LPC
'Members only' Facebook group for those who have suffered abuse from a religious or spiritual community.
with author Connie Baker
Healing Spiritual Abuse: How to Break Free from Bad Church Experience
Are you a victim of spiritual abuse? Are you discouraged from questioning the decisions or teachings church leaders make? If you do little or no volunteer work for the church, do you feel like a se...
Letter to a Suffering Church: A Bishop Speaks on the Sexual Abuse Crisis
The sexual abuse scandal has gripped the Catholic Church for the past thirty years, and continues to wreak havoc even today.
It's been a diabolical masterpiece, one that has compromised ...
Video Games and Online Chats Are ‘Hunting Grounds’ for Sexual Predators
Criminals are making virtual connections with children through gaming and social media platforms. One popular site warns visitors, “Please be careful.”