Beyond Betrayal: Taking Charge of Your Life after Boyhood Sexual Abuse

With compassion and clarity Richard Gartner shares insights from years of working with male survivors. Among this book's greatest strengths is the extensive use of examples from Dr. Gartner's clinical practice to illustrate problems and solutions on the path to healing. Beyond Betrayal offers support encouragement and useful skills to men in recovery.--Mike Lew M.Ed. author of Victims No Longer and Leaping upon the MountainsIf you have been sexually abused this book will give you information hope direction and most importantly the assurance that you are not alone. Dr. Gartner has written an accessible compassionate book that clearly lays out the healing process for men who were hurt or abused as children. Whether you were abused by a mother a camp counselor a neighborhood boy or a priest Beyond Betrayal will give you the tools you need to reclaim your life and move on. If you're going to take one book with you on the healing journey this should be the one.--Laura Davis coauthor of The Courage to Heal and author of The Courage to Heal WorkbookCompassionate insightful and hopeful Beyond Betrayal shines a bright light. It is a must-read for anyone concerned.--Kenneth M. Adams Ph.D. author of Silently SeducedBeyond Betrayal cuts through the shame confusion misunderstanding and fear that so often accompany the abuse of males and replaces them with clear information. I will begin to use it immediately with my patients and think that other clinicians will do so as well.--Christine A. Courtois Ph.D. author of Healing the Incest Wound and Recollections of Sexual AbuseBeyond Betrayal offers men straightforward words of hope and a meaningful way to overcome the invisibility stigma and shame they have endured. Many men and their families will find this book a healing aid.--Jack Drescher M.D. author of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay ManDr. Gartner writes in a manner any reader will find accessible. Not only does he understand the topic of males sexual abuse and recovery but he can explain it to those who need to know.--Dr. Mic Hunter author of Abused Boys and editor of Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Treatment Innovations

Paperback: 258 pages

Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 1 2005)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9781630260361

ISBN-13: 978-1630260361

ASIN: 1630260363

Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces