Who to Call for Help

(If you are being abused and living with your abuser, it may not be safe to call these
numbers from your home telephone. Find a public telephone or call from another location
you know to be safe).

National Abuse Hotline: 1-800-702-5200

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

National Sexual Violence Resource Center: 1-877-739-3895

National Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment: 1-800-662-HELP

Suicide Hope Line: 1-800-784-2433

How to Report Abuse

1. Call the National Abuse Hotline at 1-800-702-5200.

2. When you make a report, be specific. Tell exactly what happened and when. Be sure to
record all injuries you have sustained or incidents that have occurred, including dates and
time of day and keep this information secured.

3. Reports should be made as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours after the abuse,
before bruises and marks start to fade. It is important for the investigators to be able to
see the physical signs.

4. Give the agency person all relevant information about your relationship with the
abuser.

5. Please provide at least the following information in your report:

Your name, age and address
Brief physical description of yourself
Current injuries, medical problems, or emotional problems
Names of other people in the home
Adapted from Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: Reasons, Research and Resources for Recovery
by Bishop T.D. Jakes; Tim Clinton, EdD, LPC, LMFT; Diane Langberg, PhD, LCP; and George
Ohlschlager, JD, LCSW.
 Getting the Help You Need

Professional counseling is extremely helpful to abuse victims. If you have been or are
being abused, the following questions and answers can help you decide if you would
benefit from allowing a counselor to help you begin to heal.

1. How Do I Know If I Need Counseling?

The following represents the response from Tim Clinton & George Ohlschlager to Jan
Coates for addendum materials in her book.

Q. As a survivor of child abuse, how do I know if I need counseling?

A. Generally, anyone needing counseling does so because their distress is beginning to
interfere with their daily function and enjoyment of living, and nothing they are doing to
change that is working effectively. In other words, if you are beginning to have as many
“bad” days as good ones—or too many “bad” days to continually manage, even if they
aren’t as frequent as the good days—it is time to consider counseling or outside help.
Abuse survivors tend to experience this distress in a number of common ways.
Emotional distress is experienced in the form of depression, anxiety or anger that is
increasingly hard to control. Many abuse victims experience post-traumatic stress, or
PTSD. These symptoms include intrusive and intense memories and nightmares of the
trauma that are experienced as a “reliving of the abuse.” Also, hypervigilance and an
easy-startle reflex, difficulties with thinking and concentration, sleep disturbances,
avoidance of people and events that trigger reminders of the abuse, and an overall sense
of dread and foreboding about living are common with PTSD.
Relational problems increase with abuse survivors. Marital conflicts are common,
including sexual avoidance and inability to become aroused or sustain sexual arousal.
Anger and irritability toward certain persons can increase, as well as avoidance of those
people and interpersonal situations that are fraught with conflict or irritation.
Spiritual symptoms are often more subtle but are quite common as well. Feelings
of estrangement toward God, lack of zest and vitality in one’s spiritual life, and a sense of
‘spiritual deadness’ or just ‘going through the motions’ is frequently reported. Church is
a struggle, is often avoided, with guilt and anger being frequent emotional themes
associated with spiritual issues.

Q. Is counseling important to my healing process?

A. Counseling is often considered essential to the adult healing of child abuse—and not
by therapists! Often any symptoms or trouble are effectively repressed until some crisis
in adulthood triggers a flood of unwanted memories, confusion, fear and anger. Usually
a wise and experienced counselor or group is necessary to help a person sort through and
resolve the many issues and emotions that were left unresolved in the abuse.
 Of course, we believe that true and complete healing comes from Christ—in Him,
one is able to find the sources of healing, forgiveness, honesty, courage, and maturity that
can yield a deep and true release from the abuse event. We also believe that the
experience of salvation—the reception of Christ into one’s heart and life—alone does not
bring such healing. The abuse must be faced, the evil must be renounced and put on the
cross, and the victim must learn to appropriate God’s ever-available power for renewed
living.

Q. What do I look for in a Christian counselor?

A. Seek out a Christian whose counseling practice or ministry is permeated with his or
her faith and Christian life (and distinct from a Christian who merely does counseling
from a ‘secular’ perspective, without bringing Christ into the counseling effort). With
your consent and invitation, such a counselor willingly prays with you, will use Scripture
in session and refer to scriptural principles, and will encourage change that incorporates
spiritual disciplines and principles of various kinds. This counselor should not impose or
pressure you with the things of Christ, but will be adept at listening, demonstrating an
empathic understanding of your needs and adapting the things of faith to your needs and
with your consent.
If you are seeking help from a professional therapist—psychologist, social
worker, professional counselor, or marriage and family therapist—they should be duly
licensed by the state, have an impeccable ethical record, and be able to give a number of
solid references attesting to their excellence and their ethics. Abused women tend to
work better with other women to start counseling, and then with men if they are working
primarily to resolve issues around a male abuser.
Many receive effective help from church-based recovery groups, if they are led by
an experienced lay helper—often a group of women led by a woman who has herself
been a victim of abuse and who has largely worked through her own abuse issues (and it
is not imperative to have been an abuse victim in order to help them).

Q. What can I expect from counseling?

A. Counseling, in the end, should leave you in a better place than when you began the
journey. That is, you should be living more good days than “bad” ones, and have a set of
tools that where you have learned how to manage, even control many of the symptoms
and problems that may still arise (the implicit message here, of course, is that total cure or
complete eradication of your problems and symptoms is a fairy tale, and should not be
expected—or promised by your counselor).
The initial phase of counseling may be somewhat difficult—is often a time of
emotional distress—as it often involves looking honestly at things you thought you had
resolved (and probably had learned to effectively avoid and suppress and repress from
dealing with openly). Your counselor should give you a realistic hope for change and a
fairly clear plan for accomplishing some agreed goals within a reasonable time frame
(usually from a few months to a year). Expect, even demand, that your counselor give a
reasonable time for concluding counseling, and that it not go on interminably.
Some counselors will expect you to do the bulk of the work outside of sessions in
the form of homework that is monitored and adjusted with each visit. Others will do
most of the work with you in session, while others will mix in-session work with home-
work. Each counselor is different in this regard and you need to find a way of working
on your issues that “fits” best with your needs and abilities. Expect, even demand, that
your counselor assess and build upon your strengths and what has worked, if only
partially, in the past.
Most importantly, expect that your counselor keep your needs and interests
paramount in all the work you do together. A counselor that talks excessively about
themselves or other patients, that requires you to conform to their model of counseling, or
that behaves in ways that suggest that their needs are more important than yours is no
good for you.

Q. Where can I go for help?

A. The American Association of Christian Counselors is the largest and most active
national organization of nearly 50,000 Christian counseling professionals, pastors, and
lay helpers in the world. Active in all 50 states and in more than 50 other nations, the
AACC offers support, insight, encouragement, and fellowship, uniquely poised to keep
its members informed of the most recent developments, trends and challenges in the field
of Christian counseling.
AACC is also positioned to provide its members with biblically sound and
psychologically accurate resources and services to help make them more effective
caregivers. We are committed to provide quality member services, continuing education,
graduate-level training, and clinical and consulting services and benefits for professional
and pastoral caregivers in both traditional and distance formats. We are also committed
to train and equip lay caregivers in the body of Christ to effectively help hurting people.
It is our vision to impact the church-at-large, the world-at-large as disciples of Christ, and
to teach Christians to care.
We believe that God has given us favor to strategically minister to counselors and
pastors everywhere—to the “community of care” within Christendom. There is no
greater calling than to be agents of hope and change—ready to offer the love of God in
everything. Our Counselor Care Network is a nation-wide referral network of our best
counselors, and is especially designed to serve Christians in need everywhere. To contact
us, go to www.aacc.net or call 1-800-526-8673.
From Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: Reasons, Research and Resources for Recovery by
Bishop T.D. Jakes; Tim Clinton, EdD, LPC, LMFT; Diane Langberg, PhD, LCP; and George Ohlschlager,
JD, LCSW.

God Hates Abuse and Has a Way Out

Judges 19 describes the awful story of a woman gang raped by a group of sexually crazed
men. This hideous crime and the subsequent protection of the abusers by the tribe of
Benjamin was the main reason for a terrible and bloody war that broke out in Israel.
More than 40,000 men lost their lives in that terrible war. Five critical lessons can be
drawn from this tragic incident in the history of ancient Israel, and from the whole
message of Scripture:
a. God hates abuse because, simply put, sexual abuse is evil. He pleads with
humanity to “Hate that which is evil, and cling to that which is good.”
b. Sexual abuse deeply damages a victim’s ability to relate to God.
Counselor and pastors see this constantly in sexual abuse victims, even years
and decades after the abuse trauma. Abuse perverts the ability to trust God, to
see Him as a source of safety and protection. It leeches away a person’s
ability to hope or believe in good outcomes in life.
c. God does not hate the victims of abuse. Tragically, many victims believe
this deep in their hearts—that they are to blame and that God must loathe
them for it. Quite to the contrary, God’s love is ready to be poured out
beyond measure to those who seek it.
d. It is incredibly healing for victims to know the passion of Christ. That
Jesus came to live in bodily form, to know and understand the abuse that was
done to Jesus’ innocent body in His torture and death on a cross—all this has
amazing healing and redemptive power for victims of abuse.
e. Thankfully, God does not hate sexual abusers, but longs to forgive and free
them from their sin and their shame.
From Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: Reasons, Research and Resources for Recovery by
Bishop T.D. Jakes; Tim Clinton, EdD, LPC, LMFT; Diane Langberg, PhD, LCP; and George Ohlschlager,
JD, LCSW.

Scriptures that Condemn Violence

Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth
falsehood. He made a pit and dug it out, and has fallen into the ditch which he made. His
trouble shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down on his
own crown.
 Psalm 7:14-16

But the wicked shall perish; and the enemies of the LORD, like the splendor of the
meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away.
Psalm 37:20

These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: a proud look,
a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that
are swift in running to evil, a false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord
among brethren.
Proverbs 6:16-19

O house of David! Thus says the LORD: “Execute judgment in the morning; and deliver
him who is plundered out of the hand of the oppressor, lest My fury go forth like fire and
burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.”
Jeremiah 21:12

Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers
God will judge.
Hebrews 13:4

Books and Resources for Victims and Those in Recovery

From Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: Reasons, Research and Resources for Recovery by
Bishop T.D. Jakes; Tim Clinton, EdD, LPC, LMFT; Diane Langberg, PhD, LCP; and George Ohlschlager,
JD, LCSW.

Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Diane Langberg, Tyndale, 1997

On the Threshold of Hope

Diane Langberg, Xulon Press, 2003

The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Dan Allender, NavPress, 1990

Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them

Paul Hegstrom, Beacon Hill Press, 1999

Toxic Faith: Experiencing Healing Over Painful Spiritual Abuse

Stephen Arterburn & Jack Felton, Random House, 2001

The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse

David Johnson & Jeff VanVonderen, Bethany House, 1991
How to Act Right When Your Souse Acts Wrong
Leslie Vernick, WaterBrook Press, 2001

Getting to the Other Side of Grief

Susan Zonnebelt-Smenge & Robert De Vries, Baker Books, 1999

Where is God When It Hurts?

Phil Yancey, Zondervan, 1977

I Can’t Get Over It! A Handbook for Trauma Survivors

Aphrodite Matsakis, New Harbinger, 1992

Christian Survivors Ministries

www.christiansurvivors.com
“[Child abuse and domestic violence] have become epidemic in America, and are
rampant throughout the globe. Tragically, they are also far too common in the
church—common among the people that Christ died for and redeemed to live in safety
and freedom. And it is Christ—it is encountering Him in His passion and torture and
death on a Cross—that brings miraculous healing and change to those who have been
touched by such evil.”

Who to Call for Help

National Abuse Hotline: 1-800-702-5200

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

National Sexual Violence Resource Center: 1-877-739-3895

National Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment: 1-800-662-HELP

Suicide Hope Line: 1-800-784-2433

How to Begin Conversation with Someone Who Is Being Abused

After seeing Woman, Thou Art Loosed: the Movie, you or members of your pastoral staff
may experience an increase in the number of people requesting to see you. Some will be
ready to finally break the silence and admit that they have been or are being abused.
Others will keep their appointment with you, but still be afraid to actually share their
secrets. In either that case, remember that it takes great courage to share a secret that has
been silent for years and to receive ministry in sensitive situations. In order to help a
person admit that abuse is taking place and to determine the extent of the abuse, ask the
questions below as gently as possible. If a person answers, “yes” to any of the following
questions, he or she is in an abusive relationship.
• Does he threaten you?
• Does he curse or swear at you?
• Does he slap you, push you, kick you or hit you?
• Does he abuse, hurt and devalue you by what he says, or does he “talk down” to
you?
• Does he pressure you to do things you don’t want to do?
• Does he blame you for his problems?
• Is he disrespectful toward you, your family or your friends?
• Does he want you to stay away from your family and friends?
• Is he jealous or overly possessive of you?
• Does he ignore you when you say, “No”?
• Does he discount your opinion?
• Does he cause you to be afraid to express your opinions or desires?
 • Are you uncomfortable around him?
• Does he belittle you or make fun or you, your clothing, your make-up, your size
or anything else about you?
Adapted from “Are You a Victim of Abuse?”,
a project of the World Evangelical Fellowship Commission
on Women’s Concerns Task Force on Abuse Against Women

8 Ways to Provide Immediate Help

1. Listen carefully and prayerfully.

2. Encourage the victim to share and be a safe person for him or her to share with.
3. Pay attention to indicators of abuse.
4. Do not blame or accuse.
5. Be supportive.
6. Speak words of hope, encouragement and comfort.
7. If needed, call a local domestic violence agency, make arrangements for shelter or see
that medical care is obtained.
8. Offer to minister by sharing scripture references and/or praying for the abused person.

Abuse is a dangerous situation. Do not go by yourself to a home where abuse is taking

place. If you know abuse is underway at a specific time, call the police and send them to
the home.

Also, encourage an abused person not to use the internet on a home computer to seek
help. He or she needs to use a public internet service to avoid angering the abuser. Also,
if an abuser is in the home, the abused should call for help on a public telephone or some
other phone that is not accessible to the abuser.

What to Tell an Abuse Victim Who Needs to Leave Home

If a woman (or a woman and her children) expects to need to vacate a home and take
refuge in a safe place, she should have the following items in a bag to take with her:
• An extra set of house keys and car keys
• Money, checkbook, credit card, food stamps, paycheck stubs
• Birth certificates and other identification for herself and the children
• Drivers license or other form of photo identification
• Social security card or green card/work permit
• Health insurance cards
• Medications for herself and the children
• Deed or lease to her house or apartment
• Any relevant court orders or court papers
• Change of clothes for herself and the children (a familiar toy would also be
helpful for each child).
from Refuge from Abuse by Catherine Clark Kroeger and Nancy Nason-Clark
(InterVarsity Press, 2001).
 How to Recognize Child Abuse

Child sexual abuse has been reported up to 80,000 times a year, but the number of
unreported instances is far greater, because the children are afraid to tell anyone what has
happened, and the legal procedure for validating an episode is difficult. The problem
should be identified, the abuse stopped, and the child should receive professional help.
The long-term emotional and psychological damage of sexual abuse can be devastating to
the child.
A child who is the victim of prolonged sexual abuse usually develops low self-
esteem, a feeling of worthlessness and an abnormal or distorted view of sex. The child
may become withdrawn and mistrustful of adults, and can become suicidal. Some
children who have been sexually abused have difficulty relating to others except on
sexual terms. Some sexually abused children become child abusers or prostitutes, or have
other serious problems when they reach adulthood. Often there are no obvious physical
signs of child sexual abuse. Some signs can only be detected on physical exam by a
physician.
Sexually abused children may develop the following:
• unusual interest in or avoidance of all things of a sexual nature
• sleep problems or nightmares
• depression or withdrawal from friends or family
• seductiveness
• statements that their bodies are dirty or damaged, or fear that there is something
wrong with them in the genital area
• refusal to go to school
• delinquency/conduct problems
• secretiveness
• aspects of sexual molestation in drawings, games, fantasies
• unusual aggressiveness, or
• suicidal behavior
From Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: Reasons, Research and Resources for Recovery by
Bishop T.D. Jakes; Tim Clinton, EdD, LPC, LMFT; Diane Langberg, PhD, LCP; and George Ohlschlager,
JD, LCSW.

How to Respond if a Child Tells You He or She Is Being Abused

When a child tells an adult that he or she has been sexually abused, the adult may feel
uncomfortable and may not know what to say or do. The following guidelines should be
used when responding to children who say they have been sexually abused:
 What to Say: If a child even hints in a vague way that sexual abuse has occurred,
encourage him or her to talk freely. Don’t make judgmental comments. Show that you
understand and take seriously what the child is saying. Child and adolescent psychiatrists
have found that children who are listened to and understood do much better than those
who are not. The response to the disclosure of sexual abuse is critical to the child’s ability
to resolve and heal the trauma of sexual abuse.
Assure the child that they did the right thing by telling. A child who is close to the
abuser may feel guilty about revealing the secret. The child may feel frightened if the
abuser has threatened to harm the child or other family members as punishment for
telling the secret.
Tell the child that he or she is not to blame for the sexual abuse. Most children in
attempting to make sense out of the abuse will believe that somehow they caused it or
may even view it as a form of punishment for imagined or real wrongdoings.
Finally, offer the child protection, and promise that you will promptly take steps
to see that the abuse stops.
What to Do: Report any suspicion of child abuse. If the abuse is within the
family, report it to the local Child Protection Agency. If the abuse is outside of the
family, report it to the police or district attorney’s office. Individuals reporting in good
faith are immune from prosecution. The agency receiving the report will conduct an
evaluation and will take action to protect the child.
Parents or guardians should consult with their pediatrician or family physician,
who may refer them to a physician who specializes in evaluating and treating sexual
abuse. The examining doctor will evaluate the child’s condition and treat any physical
problem related to the abuse, gather evidence to help protect the child, and reassure the
child that he or she is all right.
Children who have been sexually abused should have an evaluation by a child and
adolescent psychiatrist or other qualified mental health professional to find out how the
sexual abuse has affected them, and to determine whether ongoing professional help is
necessary for the child to deal with the trauma of the abuse. The child and adolescent
psychiatrist can also provide support to other family members who may be upset by the
abuse.
While most allegations of sexual abuse made by children are true, some false
accusations may arise in custody disputes and in other situations. Occasionally, the court
will ask a child and adolescent psychiatrist to help determine whether the child is telling
the truth, or whether it will hurt the child to speak in court about the abuse.
When a child is asked as to testify, special considerations--such as videotaping,
frequent breaks, exclusion of spectators, and the option not to look at the accused--make
the experience much less stressful.
Adults, because of their maturity and knowledge, are always the ones to blame
when they abuse children. The abused children should never be blamed.
 When a child tells someone about sexual abuse, a supportive, caring response is
the first step in getting help for the child and reestablishing their trust in adults.
From Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: Reasons, Research and Resources for Recovery by
Bishop T.D. Jakes; Tim Clinton, EdD, LPC, LMFT; Diane Langberg, PhD, LCP; and George Ohlschlager,
JD, LCSW. Source: American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

How to Report Child Abuse

1. Call the National Abuse Hotline at 1-800-702-5200.

2. When you make a report, be specific. Tell exactly what happened and when. Be sure to
record all injuries or incidents you have observed, including dates and time of day and
keep this information secured.

3. Reports should be made as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before bruises
and marks start to fade. It is important for the investigators to be able to see the physical
signs.

4. Give the agency person any information you have about the relationship between the
child and the suspected abuser.

5. Please provide at least the following information in your report.

Name, age, and address of the child
Brief description of the child
Current injuries, medical problems, or behavioral problems
Parents’ names and names of siblings in the home

If you have reason to suspect child abuse, but are not positive, make the report. If you
have any doubts about whether or not it is abuse, call the hotline. They can advise you on
whether the signs you have observed are abuse.

From Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: Reasons, Research and Resources for Recovery by
Bishop T.D. Jakes; Tim Clinton, EdD, LPC, LMFT; Diane Langberg, PhD, LCP; and George Ohlschlager,
JD, LCSW.

How to Help Prevent Child Abuse

Parents and other adults involved in the lives of children can prevent or lessen the chance
of sexual abuse by teaching them to value themselves and their bodies and in the
following ways:

1. Instructing children, “If someone tries to touch your body and do things that make you
feel funny, say NO to that person and tell me right away.”

2. Teaching children that respect does not mean blind obedience to adults and to
authority. For example, do not say to a child, “You must always do everything the teacher
or baby-sitter tells you to do.”

3. Encouraging professional prevention programs in the local school system.

Sexually abused children and their families need immediate professional evaluation and
treatment. Child and adolescent psychiatrists can help abused children regain a sense of
self-esteem, cope with feelings of guilt about the abuse and begin the process of
overcoming the trauma. Such treatment can help reduce the risk that the child will
develop serious problems as an adult.

From Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: Reasons, Research and Resources for Recovery by
Bishop T.D. Jakes; Tim Clinton, EdD, LPC, LMFT; Diane Langberg, PhD, LCP; and George Ohlschlager,
JD, LCSW.

Stopping the Cycle of Violence:

How to Talk to Pre-teens and Young Women

Young women should know how to be treated well before they begin to date. They
should also be able to recognize the indicators of an unhealthy relationship. The list
below can be shared with individuals or groups of young women as warning signs in a
relationship with a young man:

He’s up to no good if he:

• Makes fun of you, your clothes, your make-up or anything about your size or
appearance
• Expects sexual favors in return for paying for a date
• Lies to you or tells lies about you
• Says, “I love you” very early in a relationship
• Makes you feel uncomfortable
• Won’t take “no” for an answer
• Treats you as though you are stupid and does not value what you think
• Slaps you, hits you, pushes you, kicks you or gets “rough” with you in some other
way
 • Uses words to try to hurt you
• Throws fits or has temper tantrums
• Makes you afraid to speak up or express what you want
• Threatens you in any way
• Pressures you to do things you don’t’ want to do
• Disrespects you, your family or your friends
• Uses foul language toward you, calls you names or curses you
• Tries to keep you away from your friends and family
• Is extremely jealous or overly possessive
• Tells you that his problems are your fault
• Insists on being with you all the time
Adapted from No Place for Abuse,
by Catherine Clark Kroeger and Nancy Nason-Clark, InterVarsity Press, 2001

How to Recognize an Adult Suffering from Past Abuse

Adults who were sexually abused as children can react to their abuse at any time after the
trauma, even decades later. When that happens, the adult needs help. The reactions can be
acute, which is the immediate response to the stressor; chronic effects that persist over
time; or delayed, obviously symptoms which develop later.

Some of the common characteristics present in a woman experiencing a post-traumatic

stress reaction are:
• sleep and dream disturbances,
• irritability and an increased startle response,
• explosive anger (toward self or others),
• reduced ability to function,
• prone to drug, alcohol, gambling, shopping, sexual, and food/diet addictions,
• increased fantasy, helplessness, and inability to differentiate between
emotions,
• trouble forming attachments and being satisfied in relationships,
• repeating traumatic relationships, including poor marital and sexual relations,
• self-blame and self-hatred (see DSM-IV, 1994, pp. 424-425).
From Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: Reasons, Research and Resources for Recovery by
Bishop T.D. Jakes; Tim Clinton, EdD, LPC, LMFT; Diane Langberg, PhD, LCP; and George Ohlschlager,
JD, LCSW.
 Books and Resources for Counselors and Pastors
From Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: Reasons, Research and Resources for Recovery by
Bishop T.D. Jakes; Tim Clinton, EdD, LPC, LMFT; Diane Langberg, PhD, LCP; and George Ohlschlager,
JD, LCSW.

Caring for Sexually Abused Children: A Handbook for Families and Churches
R. Timothy Kearney, InterVaristy Press, 2001

The New Guide to Crisis and Trauma Counseling

H. Norman Wright, Regal Books, 2003

Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: Trusting the Clergy?

Marie M. Fortune & W. Merle Longwood, Haworth Press, 2003

The Abused Child: Psychodynamic Understanding and Treatment:

Toni Vaughn Heineman, The Guilford Press, 1998

Competent Christian Counseling: Foundations and Practice of Compassionate

Soul Care
Tim Clinton & George Ohlschlager, WaterBrook, 2002

Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse (AACC Counseling Library)

Diane Mandt Langberg, Tyndale House, 1997

Children and Divorce: What to Expect and How to Help

Archibald Hart, Word, 1982

A Clinical Handbook/Practiced: Therapist Manual for Assessing and Treating Adults

with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Donald Meichenbaum, Institute Press, 1994

Critical Incident Stress Management

George Everly & Jeffrey Mitchell, Chevron Publishing, 1999

Broken Trust: For Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Dan Allender, AACC Courageous Living video

Surviving Sexual Abuse: ON the Threshold of Hope

Diane Langberg, AACC Courageous Living video
Sexual Abuse, Rape, Sexual Assault
Diane Langberg, AACC Courageous Living video

Breaking the Bonds of Sexual Addiction

Mark Laaser, AACC Courageous Living video

Facing Sex Offenders: Challenges and Recovery Issues

Ralph Earle, AACC Courageous Living video

Confronting Domestic Violence

Leslie Vernick, AACC Courageous Living video

Sexuality: A Biblical Perspective

Tommy Nelson, AACC Courageous Living video

Living Beyond Your Circumstances

Joni Eareckson Tada, AACC Courageous Living video

No Place for Abuse: Biblical and Practical Resources to Counteract Domestic Violence
Catherine Clark Kroeger & Nancy Nason Clark, InterVaristy Press, 2001

Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse (AACC Counseling Library)

Diane Mandt Langberg, Tyndale House, 1997

Battered but Not Broken: Help for Abused Wives & Their Church Families
Patricia Gaddis, Judson Press, 1996

Before It’s Too Late: Helping Women in Controlling or Abusive Relationships

Robert Ackerman, Health Communications, 2004