Month: January 2019

Protecting Children: Bettering the World One Child at a Time

By Judge Michael Bender (Ret.) (2018)

Protecting Children: Bettering the World One Child at a Time by [Bender (Ret.), Judge Michael ]

From Amazon.com: “Judge Michael Ian Bender has devoted his life to protecting children so that they can grow into functional, independent, healthy adults. The trauma that children suffer due to disputes between their parents has long-lasting negative effects. This trauma is heightened at times of divorce and separation.

Judge Bender has documented his experience in minimizing trauma to children who are subject to families that are breaking up, so that parents, lawyers, and judges can better understand how to remove the trauma from the child’s life.

This book “Protecting Children,” provides unique insight into aiding children of divorce, custody, and parentage disputes so that they grow into healthy adults. These children will, in turn, have the ability to have healthy relationships with their spouses and children.”

Fawn’s Touching Tale: A Story for Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused

(Help for Sexually Abused Children)

By Agnes Wohl & Irene Wineman Marcus, Jackie Bluzer (Illustrator) (2018)

ISBN-13: 978-1982996178

From Amazon.com: “Introduction to Parents, School Personnel and Psychotherapists: There are many books aimed at the prevention of sexual abuse; few story books are geared for children that deal with the profound emotional aftermath. This book is unique because it offers the use of engaging animal protagonists, which allows the child to work through painful emotions in a less threatening and more effective manner. Among the most universal issues for the sexually abused child are: the mixed feelings toward the abuser, the dread and wish to be loved, the difficulties of disclosing the abuse, the fear of being blamed and/or of not being believed. The effects frequently culminate in a sense of vulnerability, damaged self-esteem, guilt and faulty defenses against the feelings of being hurt. This can lead to a wide range of self-destructive behavior in childhood and adulthood. This gentle, “child friendly”, animal tale provides children with a story they can listen to again and again. Parents, psychotherapists and school professionals can use this book as a point of entry into complex feelings that the youngster, or any sexually abused person might experience. Our hope is that with the help of this book, the child will begin the process of healing and gradual resumption of his or her healthy psychological development.”

9 Signs Of Traumatic Emotional Bonding – part 2

By Támara Hill, MS, LPC 
~ 7 min read

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/caregivers/2018/05/bonded-to-the-abuser-9-signs-of-traumatic-bonding-part-2/?utm_source=Psych+Central+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4b0cf5c154-GEN_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c648d0eafd-4b0cf5c154-29826629

6 Major Influences that Stop You from Becoming Your True Self

CRITICAL INNER VOICE, DEFENSES, DIFFERENTIATION, EXISTENTIAL ISSUES, SELF DEVELOPMENT, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR, SELF-DEVELOPMENT WEBINARS, SELF-ESTEEM

By Robert W. Firestone, Ph.D.

To be nobody but yourself in a world that is doing its best, day and night, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

~ e.e. cummings

https://www.psychalive.org/6-major-influences-that-stop-you-from-becoming-your-true-self/