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Written by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis - audio book narrated by Ellen Bass - Abridged Nonfiction - 2 CASSETTES

Publisher, Harper Audio (January 1992)

The decision to heal from child sexual abuse is a powerful, life-affirming choice.

This recording is an inspiring, comprehensive guide that offers hope and encouragement to every woman who was sexually abuse as a child -- and to those who care about her.

Ellen Bass, who has been working with survivors of child sexual abuse for over a decade, and Laura Davis, herself a survivor of child sexual abuse, weave personal experience, professional knowledge, and moving stories and reflections from other survivors, to tell the survivors how she can come to terms with her past while moving powerful into the future.

The Courage To Heal is a sustaining, life-saving recording.

Includes:

Authors' Introduction (created especially for this recording)

The Healing Process

The Decision to Heal; Remembering; Believing It Happened; Breaking Silence; Understanding That It Wasn't Your Fault; The Child Within; Anger -- The Backbone of Healing; Forgiveness?; Resolution and Moving On.

An inspiring, comprehensive guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse, and for those who care about them. This life-saving recording tells how the victim can come to terms with her past while moving powerfully forward into the future.