The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

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The book has been criticized for being used primarily by incompetent therapists, [3] for creating in children false memories of abuse, [4] as well as for its authors' lack of qualifications, [4] [5] for creating an industry which has isolated and separated family members despite having no positive proof the abuse occurred, [6] and for destructively replacing individual identities with that of a "survivor". Others are more general—such as low self-esteem or difficulty expressing feelings—and can be caused by a range of influences other than child sexual abuse. If the people who said they loved you abused or neglected you, it can feel terrifying to love again…Commitment or love with a family feeling can be scarier still.

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Underneath that false personality was a blankness, and underneath the blankness was a tremendous rage.The authors say that individuals (mainly women) with a general set of symptoms may have been abused, but the memories of which have been repressed.

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This groundbreaking companion to The Courage to Heal is an innovative, inspiring, and in-depth workbook that speaks to anyone healing from the effects of child sexual abuse.

This book is not out to convince anyone that anything happened to them, but instead is good at meeting us right where we are, wherever that is, on the rocky road of recovery. Although we believe there is—and should be—room for debate and honest differences of opinion in what has become a fierce media battle over recovered memories, Crews’ article unfortunately presents nothing but more of the same nastiness and mean-spiritedness which has characterized so many backlash articles. Crews’ rather jaundiced opinion, The Courage to Heal has helped hundreds of thousands of survivors deal with the past and establish healthy, satisfying lives. Doane and Hodges also state that the use of "you" throughout the book blinds Davis and Bass to their shaping of the identity of the reader and their story.

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In their letter, Ellen Bass and Laura Davis present themselves as innocents who are unaware of any social damage caused by The Courage to Heal.To heal, it’s important that we take control, that we make active choices concerning if, when, and how we want to explore sexuality. Abused children often learn to block out their pain, because it is too devastating or because they do not want to give the abuser the satisfaction of seeing them cry. The intent of the book is to provide a healing experience by means of explanations, practical suggestions, descriptions and first hand accounts from women who have experienced sexual abuse.