Healing Together: A Guide to Supporting Sexual Abuse Survivors by Anne Miller (E

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Anne Marie Miller is a survivor of childhood clergy sexual abuse and has shared her journey toward healing with audiences all over the world. Healing Together is a practical guide for helping supporters of sexual abuse survivors--a family member or friend--understand the basics of abuse and trauma while providing a path toward healing and hope.

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Sex is such an intimate topic historically wrapped in shame and when someone shares they were sexually abused, we may not know how to respond.With recent #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements, we are learning just how many men, women, boys, and girls have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted person, often family members or leaders in the church. Sexual abuse is rampant in modern society and now--sometimes many years later--sexual abuse survivors are sharing their stories.Anne Marie Miller is a survivor of childhood clergy sexual abuse and has shared her journey toward healing with audiences all over the world. After speaking with thousands of survivors and their loved ones, she saw the need for a fundamental and practical guide for helping supporters of sexual abuse survivors understand the basics of abuse, trauma, healing, and hope. Drawing from her own experience as a survivor and evidence-based research, Anne addresses these questions and more in Healing Together:What is sexual abuseHow can I help survivorsWho are predators and how do they groom victimsHow does trauma affect survivorsWhat happens when someone doesn't remember the details of their abuseHow does abuse wound the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of people who have been abusedWhen and how should authorities be contactedHow do you talk to your children about sexual abuseWhat are the warning signs of abuseIs healing possibleWhether you are a spouse, a family member, a friend, or a church leader looking for easy-to-navigate resources to understand and support sexual abuse survivors, you'll find answers and hope in these pages.

Author Biography

Anne Marie Miller lives with her husband, Tim Miller in Franklin, Tennessee. Under the name Anne Jackson, she wrote two books: Mad Church Disease and Permission to Speak Freely. Anne speaks at colleges, conventions and churches on the topics of social justice, sexuality, health, addiction, and biblical themes of grace and restoration. She writes for Relevant Magazine, and has been featured in publications such as Christianity Today and Outreach.

Table of Contents

Author's NotePrefacePart 1: Understanding the Basics of Abuse and Trauma1. Chapter 1: My Story of Childhood Clergy Sex Abuse2. Chapter 2: Understanding the Basics of Abuse2.1. Types of Abuse2.2. The Profile of Predators2.3. Spiritual Hunting Grounds2.4. Ethics, Morality, Crime2.5. Who are survivors?2.6. Why Survivors wait to talk3. Chapter 3: Understanding the Basics of Trauma3.1. What is trauma?3.2. How trauma affects us uniquely3.3. Trauma in the brain, body, mind, heart, and spirit4. Chapter 4: Understanding Traumatic MemoryPart 2: Guides for Helping and Healing5. Chapter 5: Healing Together: The Role of Supporters5.1. The Call to Help5.2. Family and Friends5.3. The Church's Role5.4. Enlisting Professional Help5.5. Being Strong Enough to Carry: Staying Healthy5.5.1. Body5.5.2. Mind5.5.3. Heart5.5.4. Spirit6. Chapter 6: Help for Supporters and Survivors6.1. Proactive and have a plan before you need one6.2. Check: Immediate safety and wellbeing6.3. Call: Authorities when needed, otherwise a second trusted person6.4. Care:6.4.1. Body6.4.2. Mind6.4.3. Heart6.4.4. Spirit7. Chapter 7: Recognizing and Responding to Child Sex Abuse7.1. Signs of Abuse7.2. An Organization's Response to Abuse7.3. Preventing Abuse7.3.1. Background Check7.3.2. Going Beyond the Background Check7.3.3. Training Leaders7.3.4. Equipping Parents7.3.5. Partnering with the CommunityAppendixKey Legal TermsFurther ReadingAcknowledgements

Long Description

Sex is such an intimate topic historically wrapped in shame and when someone shares they were sexually abused, we may not know how to respond. With recent #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements, we are learning just how many men, women, boys, and girls have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted person, often family members or leaders in the church. Sexual abuse is rampant in modern society and now--sometimes many years later--sexual abuse survivors are sharing their stories. Anne Marie Miller is a survivor of childhood clergy sexual abuse and has shared her journey toward healing with audiences all over the world. After speaking with thousands of survivors and their loved ones, she saw the need for a fundamental and practical guide for helping supporters of sexual abuse survivors understand the basics of abuse, trauma, healing, and hope. Drawing from her own experience as a survivor and evidence-based research, Anne addresses these questions and more in Healing Together: What is sexual abuse? How can I help survivors? Who are predators and how do they groom victims? How does trauma affect survivors? What happens when someone doesn't remember the details of their abuse? How does abuse wound the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of people who have been abused? When and how should authorities be contacted? How do you talk to your children about sexual abuse? What are the warning signs of abuse? Is healing possible? Whether you are a spouse, a family member, a friend, or a church leader looking for easy-to-navigate resources to understand and support sexual abuse survivors, you'll find answers and hope in these pages.

Details ISBN0310112087 Pages 208 Publisher Zondervan Year 2019 ISBN-10 0310112087 ISBN-13 9780310112082 Format Paperback Imprint Zondervan Subtitle A Guide to Supporting Sexual Abuse Survivors Place of Publication Grand Rapids Country of Publication United States Short Title Healing Together Language English DEWEY 616.85/83 UK Release Date 2019-11-28 Author Anne Miller Narrator Paul Panting Edited by Jeffrey Insko Birth 1945 Affiliation Georgia Institute of Technology Position Kranzberg Professor Qualifications J.D. Alternative 9780310112099 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-02-27 NZ Release Date 2020-02-27 Publication Date 2019-11-12 US Release Date 2019-11-12 We've got this

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