It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship

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Routledge, Jun 13, 2018 - Psychology - 254 pages

Now in its third edition, It’s My Life Now is a guide for survivors who have left an abusive relationship. It addresses—in clear, non-threatening language—various issues associated with abuse and violence, including post-relationship emotions, psychological impact, dealing with children, personal safety, legal problems, and financial security. Each chapter dismantles common myths about being in and leaving an abusive relationship and contains activities for self-exploration that survivors can complete as they navigate a new life free from abuse. Recommended by the National Coalition of Domestic Violence, this book is designed to benefit any survivor, no matter how much time has passed.

 

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Contents

Acknowledgments
SelfExploration Healing in Progress
Are You Out of Danger Now?
SelfEsteem
Sexual Abuse
How Could You Have Loved an Abuser?
Abuse of Men by Women and Abuse in Gay Lesbian
Losing Your Partner Your Dream Your Life
What About the Children?
SelfExploration Child Assessment
Practical Considerations
Beginning to Heal
Who Are You Now?
The Temptation to Go Back
Is Your Abuser Still in Your Life?
Loving Again

When Feelings Overwhelm
Signs of Unfinished Healing
Resources
Copyright

Other editions - View all

It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship, Volume 1
Meg Kennedy Dugan,Roger R. Hock
No preview available - 2018
It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship
Meg Kennedy Dugan,Roger R. Hock
No preview available - 2018

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About the author (2018)

Meg Kennedy Dugan, MA, is the executive director of Voices Against Violence, a crisis center in Plymouth, New Hampshire. She serves on the local SART (Sexual Assault Resource Team) and is on the executive committee of the New Hampshire Violence Against Women Campus Consortium. For the past 17 years, she has worked with survivors of domestic and sexual violence and stalking.

Roger R. Hock, PhD, is professor of psychology and human sexuality at Mendocino College in Northern California. He is the author of Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research, 7th Edition (2012, Pearson) and Human Sexuality, 5th Edition (2016, Pearson). He received his PhD from the University of California at San Diego.

Bibliographic information

TitleIt's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship
AuthorsMeg Kennedy Dugan, Roger R. Hock
Edition3, illustrated, reprint
PublisherRoutledge, 2018
ISBN1351722794, 9781351722797
Length254 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Psychology / Mental Health
Psychology / Psychotherapy / Counseling
Psychology / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family
Psychology / Psychotherapy / Group
  
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