Partners in Recovery: How Mates, Lovers and Other Prosurvivors Can Learn to Support and Cope With Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse - Hardcover

Despite the plethora of self-help and 12-step recovery books available, there is a surprising lack of books written to help prosurvivors--those who are living with or close to someone recovering from some type of abuse. Engel, a therapist and author of The Right to Innocence (Tarcher, 1989), helps fill the gap with this well-written work full of advice and case histories for prosurvivors whose companions were sexually abused as children. Part 1 provides basic information on abuse, the recovery process, and the corresponding reactions of the survivor. Most importantly, Engel clearly outlines the types of support the survivor needs from the prosurvivor. Part 2 explores the reactions prosurvivors experience during the recovery period and how to cope. Part 3 deals with several highly sensitive issues including the sexual relations between the survivor and prosurvivor and the balance of power in the relationship. With an estimated one in three adults having suffered past sexual abuse, this book will be invaluable to anyone accompanying a survivor along the rocky road to recovery.
- Jennifer Amador, Central State Hosp., Medical Lib., Petersburg, Va.
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