On this page, you’ll find books that might help on your journey. Whether you’re a survivor/victim or a loved one of a survivor/victim these resources might be useful. (Please note I haven’t read all of the resources on here and to find out if a resource is right for you, talking to a counselor or doing more research can be helpful. That being said, a word of caution here, whether you’re doing a workbook, reading a novel, or exploring poetry options these resources can bring up emotions, memories, etc. it can be helpful to have a counselor to work with, in case these feelings come up. Of course, not everyone can afford a counselor or is at a place where that seems helpful to them. In this case, it might be helpful to have someone you know you can turn to if intense emotions arise.) As always, be sure to take care of yourself. You really do deserve it. -Taylor

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Workbooks; Books with Exercises; Interactive Resources

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Laura Davis

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by  Paul Boehmer, Spencer Smith, Steven C. Hayes, Tantor Audio

Poetry

We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out by Annie E. Clark and Andrea L. Pino

The Rape Poems by Frances Driscoll

Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire, and Beauty by Nikita Gill

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

No Matter the Wreckage: Poems by Sarah Kay by Sarah Kay

Novels, Biographies, or Predominately Information Focused

If You Feel Too Much by Jamie Tworkowski

When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women by Penny Simkin, PT, and Phyllis Klaus, CSW, MFT forward by E. Sue Blume, CSW, DSW, author of Secret Survivors

(Focused on Sexual Assault)

Against Our Will by Brownmiller

Chain, Chain, Chain: For Black Women Dealing with Physical and Emotional Abuse by Evelyn C. White

For the Latina in an Abusive Relationship

I Never Called it Rape by Robin Warshaw

If You Are Raped by Katheryn Johnson

That Me Nobody Knows: A Guide for Teen Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Barbra Bean and Shari Bennett

Rape in Marriage by Diana Russell

(Focused on Childhood Sexual Abuse)

The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse (Third Edition) by Wendy Maltz

Betrayal of Innocence: Incest and its Devastation by Susan Forward and C. Buck

The Best Kept Secret: Sexual Abuse of Children by Florence Rush

Father-Daughter Incest by Dr. Judith Lewis Herman

The Right to Innocence, Healing the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Beverly Engel

Toxic Parents by Susan Forward

Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse by Mic Hunter

Broken Boys-Mending Men by Grabman-Black

Male on Male Rape: The Hidden Toll of Stigma and Shame by Michael Scarce

Prison Rape: Torture in the American Gulag by Tom Cahill in Men in Intimacy: Personal Accounts Exploring the Dilemmas of Modern Male Sexuality edited by Ann Wolbert Burgess

For Kids/Children

Dear Elizabeth: The Diary of a Survivor of Sexual Abuse by Gene Mackey and Helen Swan

Do You Have a Secret? How to Get Help For Scary Secrets by Pamela Russell and Beth Stone

He Told Me Not to Tell by KCRR

It’s My Body by Lory Freeman

It’s Not Your Fault by Judith. A Jance

Why Me by Lynne Dougherty

For Kids Only: A Guide to Safety and Sexual Abuse Prevention by Catalina Herrerias

It Happens to Boys Too by Jane Satullo and Russell Bradway

Books for Support People of Survivors

Trust After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them by Aphrodite Matsakis, PH.D

Allies in Healing: A Support Book for Partners of Survivors by Laura Davis

Ghosts in the Bedroom by Ken Graber

If She is Raped by McEvoy and Brookings

Men and Feelings by David Kundtz

The Mother’s Book: How to Survive the Incest of Your Child by Carolyn Byerly

Outgrowing the Pain Together by Elaina Gil

Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse: A Parent’s Guide by Jane Hart-Rossi

The Wounded Male by Steven Farmer

When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parent’s Guide to Healing and Recovery by Kathleen Hagen and Joyce Case