Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse--A Book for Teen Girls, Young Women, and Everyone Who Cares About Them - Softcover

Feuereisen, Patti; Pincus, Caroline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580051359 ISBN 13: 9781580051354

Publisher: Seal Press, 2005

Synopsis

Dr. Patti Feuereisen has been working with teenage girls for twenty-five years and has been a pioneer in helping abused girls find their voices. What she discovered in listening to hundreds of girls was not only that sexual abuse of young girls is in fact epidemic, but if the abuse can be processed when girls are still young—in their teens and early twenties—remarkable healing can take place. Girls and young women who are given an opportunity to speak out will most often go on to thrive as adults; without such an opportunity the traumatic effects of their abuse will often continue to cause them difficulty long into adulthood.

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. This gives every young woman who struggles with the scars of sexual abuse the courage that comes from knowing that she is not alone, while other girls come out from behind the veil of secrecy to become vibrant, healthy, and whole.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Invisible Girls speaks the truth of sexual abuse like no other book has dared." -Lyn Mikel Brown, author of Meeting at the Crossroads, Raising Their Voices, and Girlfighting

"These voices of young abuse survivors, and Dr. Patti's compassionate insights, make this an important book for anyone who wants to begin to understand the trauma of sexual abuse and how girls and young women survive and thrive after the crime." -Scott Berkowitz, president of RAINN

"I want to buy this book and send it overnight express to my friends who have gone through such torments, because I feel it can bring peace and understanding to them." -Miss Georgia Peach, singer of The Short Fuses

About the Author:

Dr. Patti Feuereisen is a pioneer in the treatment and healing of sexual abuse. She has devoted the past twenty five years to help girls and young women heal from all forms of sexual abuse. She consults all over the country with middle and high schools, colleges, courts, child-care agencies, group homes, hospitals all over the country." Dr. Patti maintains her private practice in New York City. She is the founder and director of Girlthrive, a website and foundation for sexually abused young women.

About this edition

• Publisher: Seal Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1580051359
• ISBN 13: 9781580051354
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256