Shame and Silence: Recognizing Spiritual Abuse

February 1, 2017 

Contributed by Mackenzi Kingdon, MA, LMHCA, GoodTherapy.org Topic Expert

At GoodTherapy.org

https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/shame-and-silence-recognizing-spiritual-abuse-0201175?utm_source=Subscribers&utm_campaign=d9237c1eb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_25_09_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_135946a8dd-d9237c1eb9-71304725

I’m Saying No!: Standing Up Against Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Pressure

by Beverly Engel, LMFT. (2019)

From Amazon.com: “In spite of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, many women are still afraid to say no to unwanted sexual advances and reluctant to report sexual violations. Far too many college students are being raped and are afraid to report it. Women are subjected to sexual harassment, sexual bullying, and sexual pressure every day on the street, at work, and at home but are unable to speak truth to power or to report these sexual offenses. 

I’m Saying No! is written specifically for these women—women who are still afraid to speak up for themselves, women who need to learn how to do so, and women whose personal history of child sexual abuse or sexual assault as an adult has wounded them so much that they have lost their voice. Here, Beverly Engel—an internationally recognized psychotherapist and acclaimed advocate for victims of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse—offers a ground-breaking program to help all the women who have been silenced by past trauma, women who were raised to believe they didn’t have a right to say no, and women who have spoken out in the past only to go unheard. 

Bold and timely, I’m Saying No! offers women the encouragement, support, and guidelines they need in order to become the powerful women they are—women who believe in themselves and stand up for themselves.”








Child Abuse May Change Brain Structure and Make Depression Worse

March 21, 2019

By Ruby Prosser Scully

At newscientist.com

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2197341-child-abuse-may-change-brain-structure-and-make-depression-worse/?fbclid=IwAR15No6sntmt8oGAp5BK86jWwpQGvpbg2yY96LF_Us7DBoWlBzwC2zjLq9E

Journal reference: Lancet PsychiatryDOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30044-6