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 enlarge | Author: Laura Davis
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 15016
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Edition: 1
Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0060968834
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8583
EAN: 9780060968830
ASIN: 0060968834
Publication Date: September 11, 1991
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 Disputing Hypocrisy in Action June 30, 2006
Grateful reader
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I just finished reading Allies in Healing. I feel it is an excellent book for both partners and survivors. So when I read the review Hypocrisy in Action I thought it was about a different book! The whole book is about the partner NOT giving in to the survivors every demand and taking care of their own needs, in addition to being supportive.
He stated he just broke up with his girlfriend. I'd say she's better off without such an angry, closed minded partner, who wasn't capable of being a true partner at all!
Don't let that review influence you! I think you'll get A LOT of helpful incite from this book!
Unbelievably Helpful February 27, 2006
T. Cartwright (Bangor, ME)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book is unbelievably helpful for the partner of a sexual abuse survivor. Being able to focus on your feelings again seems selfish at first for a partner, but staying strong as an individual makes your support for the abuse survivor even more possible in the long run. You realize that you are not alone, and that there have been other partners who are showing courage by sticking with someone who is going through (or neeeds to be pointed toward) the healing process. The writing is very clear and well thought through. Because the author is a sexual abuse survivor, and provides clinics for partners of sexual abuse survivors' partners, she is very knowledgeable of the feelings that people on both sides of this trauma end up living with. I would highly recommend this book to both survivors of sexual abuse and their partners so that both people in the relationship can better understand the impact of trauma on their loved ones.
Unbelievably Helpful February 27, 2006
T. Cartwright (Bangor, ME)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is unbelievably helpful for the partner of a sexual abuse survivor. Being able to focus on your feelings again seems selfish at first for a partner, but staying strong as an individual makes your support for the abuse survivor even more possible in the long run. You realize that you are not alone, and that there have been other partners who are showing courage by sticking with someone who is going through (or neeeds to be pointed toward) the healing process. The writing is very clear and well thought through. Because the author is a sexual abuse survivor, and provides clinics for partners of sexual abuse survivors' partners, she is very knowledgeable of the feelings that people on both sides of this trauma end up living with. I would highly recommend this book to both survivors of sexual abuse and their partners so that both people in the relationship can better understand the impact of trauma on their loved ones.
Excellent - a real life-saver October 28, 2005
moon tree (UK)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This book has been a real life-saver in helping me cope as the partner of a sexual abuse survivor. It's full of practical advice and written in a question-and-answer format, making it easy to dip into and find what you need. I'm baffled by some of the reviews which suggest this book tells you to give the survivor whatever s/he asks for. I suspect those reviewers have read the title and very little else, because the book strongly emphasises the fact that partners have needs too and gives advice on how to communicate and meet those needs, set boundaries, and take care of yourself during times of crisis - as well as decide whether you want to stay in the relationship at all. Highly recommended.
 Disappointing July 1, 2005
sueincolorado (Denver, CO United States)
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
I agree with the readers who found this book disappointing. Yes, the survivor of abuse has different needs than the partner who hasn't been abused, but this book doesn't really shed any light on having a relationship with this person. Instead, I highly recommend Miss America By Day by Marilyn VanDerber. This book gives true insight into being with a survivor of abuse.
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