You're Only As Sick As Your Secrets

by Donna Jacques Temm

It is a caregiver's daunting task to balance a child's youthful innocence with their empowering awareness of sexual abuse. Presented in this memoir are experiences depicting the impact of such abuse on one child's journey into adulthood. Throughout the pages, the unfolding of real life incidents allows for not only the awareness crucial to prevention but also for guidance through examples of effectively employed intervention and remediation strategies. This book's targeted audience includes but is not restricted to parents, guardians, professional advocates, therapists, teachers, childcare providers, medical professionals and survivors of sexual abuse. Within this book is knowledge and knowledge has the potential to positively influence the welfare of all who have or may have to face this needless reality of our society.

88 pages, Paperback

First published October 23, 2010

Reviews

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have any of you suffered with things from your past? If so, I highly recommend this book!! Not only does this author live here in Maine, but she goes into depth to make the reader understand what you can do to help your self get out of the deep dark hole...