How to Support a Friend or Loved One Who Has Been Sexually Abused

It’s been a particularly difficult few months for sexual abuse survivors. If you know someone who’s been abused, here are some tips to best support them and their recovery.

By Vanessa Marin

February 27, 2019

At Nytimes.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/smarter-living/sexual-abuse-assault-support-mental-health.html?fbclid=IwAR1esO18MFl-sOP2sF7mGLVSaqQFOWwIMg9QMfUA-90okWLf63IfZViGnI0

Secrets You Keep from Yourself

By Dan Neuharth, PhD (2005)

From Amazon.com: “This insightful guide is an exploration of how and why people undermine their happiness and lose touch with their “best” selves. Counterproductive self-deception, a universal behavior, is a habit that can be broken. People keep themselves from having what they want, a phenomenon known as “self-handicapping.”

Offering poignant examples, innovative tools, and a compassionate perspective, Dan Neuharth reveals how to vanquish self-imposed roadblocks and avoid unnecessary losses in order to embrace and share the best in oneself.”