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A Woman Like You: The Face of Domestic Violence
by Vera Anderson - Paperback 80 pages - SAVE 20% - Usually ships within 24 hours - 5 star rating

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This inspirational collection of portraits showcases women who have escaped domestic abuse and reconstructed their lives. The photo-essay book focuses on the personal histories and faces of domestic violence. Forty full-page black-and-white photos, each with a corresponding page of text, present powerful images of women who have escaped violent relationships. - Ordering information, pricing, and book reviews.

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What to Do When Love Turns Violent A Practical Resource for Women in Abusive Relationships
by Marian Betancourt - Paperback 304 pages - SAVE 20% - Usually ships within 2-3 days - 4 star rating

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In this country, a woman is physically abused every nine seconds. One in four women is battered by a husband or boyfriend. One-third of all female homicide victims are killed by domestic partners. This critical reference is a source of hard facts to help women seek protection through law enforcement and the justice system, get assistance from the healthcare system, and find answers to their questions - Ordering information, pricing, and book reviews.

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When Men Batter Women: New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships
by Neil S., Ph.D. Jacobson, John Mordechai Gottman - Hardcover 320 pages - SAVE 30% - Usually ships within 24 hours - 5 star rating

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When Men Batter Women: New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships by Neil Jacobson and John Gottman, is based on a decade of research with more than 200 couples in dangerous relationships. Jacobson and Gottman, professors at the University of Washington, use their work to shatter myths and shed new light on abusive relationship. - Ordering information, pricing, and book reviews.

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Dangerous Relationships : How to Stop Domestic Violence Before It Stops You
by Noelle Nelson - Hardcover 285 pages - SAVE 30% - Usually ships within 2-3 days - 5 star rating

From the Author: Know the warning signs of domestic violence to prevent abuse More than four million Americans fall victim to domestic violence each year. Even the famous, including Tina Turner, Greg Luganis and Brett Buttler, are not immune. Millions of words have been written addressing the violence already taking place in homes across the country, but very little attention has been given to how to prevent domestic violence from happening in the first place. That's why I wrote this book. - Ordering information, pricing, and book reviews.

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Abuse in the Family : An Introduction
by Alan R. Kemp - Paperback 361 pages - Usually ships within 24 hours

Description: In this practical, eye-opening book, author Alan Kemp uses an ecological approach to examine the widespread social problem of family maltreatment. By examining the complex relationships that exist on a macro, meso, and micro level, we will be better prepared to make a difference in a world confronted by this colossal and disheartening social problem and to answer the following questions: "Why does family maltreatment occur?," "What do its victims experience?," "How do they recover?," "What can we do to help them?," "How can we understand the perpetrators?," and "How might we reduce or prevent family abuse?" - Ordering information, pricing, and book reviews.

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Breaking Destructive Patterns : Multiple Strategies for Treating Partner Abuse
by Janet A. Geller - Hardcover 128 pages - Usually ships within 24 hours - no rating

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Why do the majority of battered women keep silent about partner abuse? And why do some of them choose to remain with the men who abuse them? This is the first guide on the treatment of battering that addresses these questions. Geller offers a range of treatment approaches, including clinical intervention, the individual and group treatment of women who leave, safety plans, and client advocacy. And for the first time, women who want to end the violence without ending their relationships can find help. Geller discusses conjoint and couples therapy, and the group treatment of abusive men. - Ordering information, pricing, and book reviews.

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When Violence Begins at Home : A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse - by Karen Wilson - Paperback 384 pages - SAVE 20% - Usually ships within 2-3 days

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The author reflects her 17 years on the front lines working against domestic violence after surviving an abusive relationship herself. Karen Wilson provides a comprehensive manual for counselors, legal professionals, and victims of abuse, addressing behavioral patterns, the role of alcohol and drugs, how to leave abusive relationships, legislation on domestic violence, and more. - Ordering information, pricing, and book reviews.

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The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond
by Patricia Evans - Paperback 221 pages - SAVE 20% - 41/2 star rating - Usually ships within 24 hours

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Verbal abuse doesn't leave the same physical evidence as battery, but it can be just as painful, and can actually take longer to recover from. The new edition of this important reference covers the most recent developments in dealing with verbal abuse and answers the questions readers ask most on the subject.
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Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out on Relationship and Recovery
by Patricia Evans - paperback 260 pages SAVE 20% - 5 star rating - Usually ships within 24 hours

Synopsis In her new book, Patricia Evans outlines new healing strategies based on hundreds of real-life letters and interviews. She offers verbal abuse victims advice on finding shelters and support groups after making the choice to terminate a relationship with an abuser.

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The Emotionally Abused Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself
by Beverly Engel - Paperback - SAVE 20% - 5 star rating Usually ships within 24 hours

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With the insight and sensible, compassionate guidance which have distinguished her previous books A Right to Innocence and Divorcing a Parent, Engel addresses one of the biggest segments of the recovery audience--and one of its most pressing issues: the emotional abuse of women by those they work with, live with, and love. - Ordering information, pricing, and book reviews.

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No Visible Wounds: Identifying Nonphysical Abuse of Women by Their Men
by Mary Susan, Phd Miller - SAVE 20% - 5 star rating - Usually ships within 24 hours

Synopsis Domestic violence against women is not limited to physical assaults. In No Visible Wounds, veteran counselor Mary Susan Miller breaks the silence that surrounds this devastating form of abuse, identifies the many types of nonphysical battering, and explores why this outrageous treatment of women continues unabated in our society.

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Defending Our Lives : Getting Away from Domestic Violence and Staying Safe
by Susan Murphy-Milano Paperback 236 pages - SAVE 20% - Usually ships within 24 hours - 5 star rating

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This is one of the first books to offer practical, step-by-step advice to battered women on how to protect themselves from violent abuse in the home. Author Susan Murphy-Milano is the founder of Project: Protect and is one of the most visible and vocal advocates for victims of domestic violence.
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Getting Free : You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life
by Ginny Nicarthy - Paperback 352 pages - SAVE 20% - Usually ships within 24 hours - 5 star rating

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A most important work in the movement to end domestic violence, Getting Free has helped change the lives of thousands of women. Experienced counselor Ginny NiCarthy presents exercises and practical advice for overcoming fears, finding shelter, evaluating doctors and lawyers, and more.

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Domestic Violence Survival Guide
by Cliff Mariani, Patricia Sokolich (Editor) - Paperback 272 pages - Usually ships within 24 hours - 5 star rating

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A thought-provoking, option-packed guide on how to Recognize, Prevent, Terminate and Survive an encounter with Relationship Abuse and Domestic Violence. Contains a new and unique approach to an old and confounding problem and is packed with positive, time-tested tactics and new strategies for survival. This Guide offers a crash course on self-preservation. A Must-Have for: Victims of abuse and their loved ones, Criminal justice personnel, social service workers, and all those who may be called upon to act as counsellors. - Ordering information, pricing, and book reviews.

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The Abusive Personality : Violence and Control in Intimate Relationships - by Donald G. Dutton - Hardcover 200 pages

The Batterer : A Psychological Profile - by Donald G., Phd Dutton, Susan K. Golant - Paperback 221 pages

Alternatives to Domestic Violence: A Homework Manual for Battering Intervention Groups - by Kevin A. Fall

Abused and Battered : Social and Legal Reponses to Family Violence - by Dean Knudsen - paperback

Alternatives to Violence : Empowering Youth to Develop Healthy Relationship - by David A. Wolfe - Hardcover

A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Wife Abuse : Problems and Prospects - by Aysan Sev'Er (editor) Hardcover

Assessing Dangerousness : Violence by Sexual Offenders, Batterers, and Child Abusers - by Jacquelyn C. Campbell (editor)

Battered Women and Their Families : Intervention Strategies and Treatment Programs - by Albert R. Roberts (Editor)

Case Studies in Family Violence - by Robert T. Ammerman, Michel Hersen (Editor) - Hardcover

Children of Battered Women by Peter G. Jaffee - Paperback

Counseling for Family Violence and Abuse (Christian Counselors Series) - by Grant Martin

Culturally Competent Assessment for Family Violence

Dark Side of Families : Current Family Violence Research - by David Finkelhor

Domestic Abusers : Terrorists in Our Homes - by Sara Lee Johann - Hardcover

Domestic Violence: Facts and Fallacies - by Richard L. Davis - Hardcover

Domestic Violence: Action for Change - by Gill Hague, Ellen Malos, Tamsin Wilton

Domestic Violence : Practice and Procedure - by Fredrica L. Lehrman

Domestic Violence : Spouse Abuse-Marital Rape - by Joan Nordquist (Compiler) Paperback

First Get Mad, Then Get Justice : The Handbook for Crime Victims - by Charles G. Brown

Domestic Violence:The Changing Criminal Justice Response - by Eve S. Buzawa, Carl G. Buzawa

Domestic Violence on Trial : Psychological and Legal Dimensions of Family Violence - by Daniel J. Sonkin

Families That Abuse : Diagnosis and Therapy - by Stefano Cirillo, Paola Diblasio - Hardcover

Family Violence : Prevention and Treatme - by Robert L. Hampton, Thomas P. Gullotta (Editor)

Handbook of Family Violence - by Vincent B. Van Hasselt - Hardcover

Home Truths : Family-Based Violence, Abuse and Inequality - by Catherine Itzin, Jalna Hanmer, Sheila Quaid - Hardcover

I Am Not Your Victim : Anatomy of Domestic Violence - by Beth Sipe, Evelyn J. Hall - Hardcover

Intervening in Family Violence : A Resource Manual for Community -by Ann H. Crowe, Patricia Wack, Pamela J. Schaefer

Issues in Intimate Violence - by Requel Kennedy Bergen (Editor), Raquel Kennedy Bergen (Editor)

Leaving Abusive Partners: From the Scars of Survival to the Wisdom for Change - by Catherine Kirkwood

Protect Yourself and Your Family from Crime and Violence - Hardcover

Rape in Marriage - by Diana E.H. Russell - Hardcover

Safety Planning With Battered Women : Complex Lives/Difficult Choices (Sage Series on Violence Against Women) - by Jill M. Davies -

Rethinking Domestic Violence : The Social Work and Probation Response - by Audrey Mullender

The Battered Woman and Shelters : The Social Construction of Wife Abuse - by Donileen R. Loseke Hardcover

The Colors of Violence : Cultural Identities, Religion, and Conflict - by Sudhir Kaka - Paperback

The Impact of Family Violence on Children and Adolescents - by Javad H. Kashani, Wesley D. Allan - Paperback

The Encyclopedia of Violence : Origins, Attitudes, Consequences - by Margaret, Ph.D. Dicanio - Hardcover 404 pages

Women Murdered by the Men They Loved - by Constance A. Bean - hardcover or paperback

Good Practice in Counselling People Who Have Been Abused - by Zetta Bear

The Gift of Fear : Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence - by Gavin De Becker

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