Me Nobody Knows

BARBARA BEAN is professor of English at Seattle University, where he directs the writing program and chairs the Task Force on Teaching and Learning. He is coauthor (with John D. Ramage) of Writing Arguments (3rd ed., 1995) and Form and Surprise in Composition (1986).

• THE BEGINNING. Self, Safety, and Support. Effects of Being Sexually Abused. From Ages 12 to 21. From the Cosbys to the Bundys (and Everything in Between). Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Family. Sexual Abuse in the Family. Sexual Abuse by Someone Outside the Family. About Abusers. Sexuality and Sexual Abuse. HEALING. From Surviving to Thriving. Remembering and Sharing the Story of Your Abuse. To Tell or Not to Tell: Breaking the Silence about SexualAbuse. Developing Self-Esteem. Developing Healthy Relationships. Confronting Your Offender. Should I Forgive? Having Fun. Different Therapies. For Your Parents. Resources.

"The workbook format makes The Me Nobody Knows an excellent resource for clinicians to use with adolescents who need to work on traumatic sequelae of sexual abuse. Highly recommAnded." (Suzanne Sgroi, M.D., author of Handbook of Clinical Intervention in Child Sexual Abuse)