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Invisible girls the truth about sexual abuse

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Sexual abuse of young girls is epidemic, but if the abuse can be processed when girls are still young (in their teens and early twenties) remarkable healing can take place. Invisible Girls weaves together powerful first-person narratives with gentle guidance and seasoned insights to help girls throu...

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Main Author: Feuereisen, Patti
Other Authors: Pincus, Caroline
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : Seal Press, c2009.
Edition:New and rev. ed.
Subjects:
Sexual abuse victims.
Teenage girls > Abuse of > United States.
Sexual abuse victims > Rehabilitation > United States.
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Summary:Sexual abuse of young girls is epidemic, but if the abuse can be processed when girls are still young (in their teens and early twenties) remarkable healing can take place. Invisible Girls weaves together powerful first-person narratives with gentle guidance and seasoned insights to help girls through the maze of feelings that swirl around the abuse experience.
Physical Description:334 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-325) and index.
ISBN:9781580053013 (pbk.)
1580053017
Author Notes:Dr. Patti Feuereisen is a psychologist in private practice in Brooklyn Heights and Manhattan. She trains staff who work with sex abuse survivors, speaks at colleges and high schools, runs workshops around the country, hosts empowerment book readings, is a speaker for Take Back the Night, and runs support workshops for foster and adoptive parents. In 2006, Dr. Patti founded Girlthrive, a nonprofit awarding incest survivor girls with scholarship money to help them heal and thrive.

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