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Keeping the Faith

Guidance for Christian Women Facing Abuse

By Marie Fortune

Practical guide addresses issues of faith for battered women—an invaluable resource for victims of domestic violence and the crisis centers that counsel them.

The Guide to Consumer Rights for Domestic Violence Survivors

By the National Consumer Law Center

When Men Batter Women

New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships

By Neil Jacobson and John Gottman

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When Men Batter Women: New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships by Neil Jacobson and John Gottman, is based on a decade of research with more than 200 couples in dangerous relationships. Jacobson and Gottman, professors at the University of Washington, use their work to shatter myths and shed new light on abusive relationships.

They introduce two types of batterers: Cobras and Pit Bulls. The Cobras, the more severely violent of the two, strike swiftly and ferociously, always remaining in contro...read more

Trauma and Recovery

The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

By Judith Herman

When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman’s volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic have shifted within the clinical community and the culture at large. Trauma and Recovery brings a new level of understanding to a set of problems usually con...read more

When Love Goes Wrong

What to Do When You Can't Do Anything Right

By Ann Jones

Millions of women each year find themselves in relationships with controlling or abusive partners and don't know what to do, or even what's wrong. A woman may feel anxious, inadequate, intimidated -- and as if she is walking on tiptoe. And she may find herself trying harder and harder to make things right without ever being successful. Ann Jones and Susan Schechter bring together their more than fifteen years of experience working with women in abusive relationships to offer an eyeopening new analysis of controlling partners and a wealth of empowering ...read more

Humanity Unbound

A Dramatically New Approach to Healing from Trauma, Abuse and Loss

By Lundy Bancroft

This guidebook teaches a uniquely effective approach to healing both old and recent emotional injuries and taking charge of our lives. Based in the Cooperative TherapySM system that Lundy has developed, Humanity Unbound takes the reader on a path that really works for recovering from the wounds we have suffered and learning to love life again.

Order directly from the author, $15.00 includes shipping. US addresses only.

Check or money order to:
Lundy Bancroft
P.O. Box 253
Northampton MA 01061

The Batterer as Parent

Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics (Sage Series on Violence Against Women)

By Lundy Bancroft

The Batterer as Parent takes the reader inside of homes affected by domestic violence, imparting an understanding of the atmosphere that battering men create for the children who live with them. Bancroft and Silverman show how partner abuse affects each relationship in a family, and explain how emotional recovery is inextricably linked to the healing and empowerment of the mothers. The authors cover the important but often-overlooked area of the post-separation parenting behaviors of men who batter, ...read more

When Dad Hurts Mom

Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse

By Lundy Bancroft

Can my partner abuse me and still be a good parent? Should I stay with my partner for my children's sake? How should I talk to my children about the abuse and help them heal? Am I a bad mother?

Mothers in physically or emotionally abusive relationships ask themselves these questions every day. Here, a counselor reveals how abusers interact with and manipulate children-and how mothers can help their children recover from the trauma of witnessing abuse.

This book, the first ever of its kind, shows mothe...read more

Why Does He Do That?

Inside the Minds Of Angry and Controlling Men

By Lundy Bancroft

"He doesn't mean to hurt me-he just loses control." "He can be sweet and gentle." "He's scared me a few times, but he never hurts the children — he's a great father." "He's had a really hard life..."

Women in abusive relationships tell themselves these things every day. Now they can see inside the minds of angry and controlling men-and change their own lives. In this groundbreaking book, a counselor shows how to improve, survive, or leave an abusive relationship.