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It's not your fault: men talk about living beyond the effects of sexual abuse
This booklet is for men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. It shares stories of survival, hope and healing.

It is helpful for professionals, family members or friends who may be supporting male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The booklet addresses the strong sense of shame and self blame men can feel about being subjected to child sexual abuse. You can can download a free copy here.

Responding to Violence: A collection of Papers Relating to Child Sexual Abuse & Violence in Intimate Relationships
Author: Dulwich Centre
This book contains thoughtful practice-based written by therapists and community workers about ways of responding to violence. The papers in the first section of the book focus on ways of working with those who have experienced child sexual abuse, while the papers in the second section focus on violence in intimate relationships. The third section describes ways of working with men and young men who have enacted violence. Complex issues are considered such as the question of forgiveness; ways of acknowledging and responding to women's outrage; the experience of men who have been subjected to child sexual abuse; and matters of culture and sexuality. This book offers practical and hopeful ideas for therapists and community workers who are responding to people's experiences of violence.

Body Remembers: Psychophysiology of Trauma & Trauma Treatment
Author: Babette Rothschild 
Relates the impact of trauma on the body to the phenomenon of somatic memory. The book illuminates the value of understanding the psychophysiology of trauma for both therapists and their traumatised clients. It progresses from relevant theory to applicable practice. 208 pages.

Body Remembers Casebook: Unifying Methods & Models in the Treatment of Trauma 
Author: Babette Rothschild
This is the first book of its kind to advocate utilizing and combining an assortment of trauma treatment models. Based on ideas put forward in the bestselling THE BODY REMEMBERS, Babette Rothschild emphasizes the importance of tailoring every trauma therapy to the particular needs of each individual client. A breath of fresh air in the competitive "mine is best" atmosphere currently so divisive in the field of trauma therapy, each varied and complex case (presented in a variety of writing styles: case reports, session-by-session narratives, single session transcripts) is approached with a combination of methods ranging from traditional psychodynamic approaches and applications of attachment theory to innovative trauma methods including EMDR and Levine's SIBAM model. Read on its own on or in conjunction with THE BODY REMEMBERS, clinicians from all disciplines will discover new strategies and gain insight into how to combine various treatment models for increased success with traumatized clients.

Trauma Narrative Responses to Traumatic Experience
Author: Davis Denborough
In recent years, the field of ‘trauma work’ has grown exponentially and the increased interest in these matters offers many possibilities. This wide-ranging, thoughtful and practice-based book provides clear explanations about how to use narrative ideas to respond to adults, couples and/or children who have endured traumatic experience. Key themes include: ways of ensuring that children (and adults) are not re-traumatised during counselling; ‘double listening’ – to listen not only to the story of trauma but also to the story of how the person has responded to the experiences they have endured; new approaches to ‘trauma de-briefing’; ways to unearth and acknowledge the values, skills and knowledge of those who have experienced multiple traumas; creative methods for responding to workers’ experience; and ideas for taking care not to replicate forms of psychological colonization when understandings about trauma work are ‘exported’ across cultures. Stories of inspiring work from Australia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Palestine, Israel and South Africa are also included. We hope these stories will spark conversations in your own context and lead to continuing creativity in your work. If you are responding to people who have experienced trauma, or if you have endured traumatic experience yourself, this book may prove to be a loyal, trustworthy and indispensable companion. The papers included here have been previously published in the International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work.