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Våld i nära relationer och mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett komplext och utbrett samhällsproblem. Den här boken belyser såväl professionellas som drabbade våldsutsatta kvinnors berättelser. Och framför allt ger den verksamma inom socialtjänst, hälso- ...

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Har du någon gång samtalat med en våldsutsatt person som inte varit beredd att lämna den våldsamma partnern? Känt dig villrådig och behövt vägledning och konkreta förslag? Motiverande samtal (motivational interviewing, MI) är en samtalsmetod som l...

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***Laura Bates' new book Fix the System, Not the Women is out now in paperback*** The extremism nobody talks about And how it affects us all 'Laura Bates does so much of the dispiriting, heavy lifting in 21st century feminism. She trudges through ...

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Vad gör man som yrkesverksam om man misstänker att en kvinna utsätts för våld av sin partner? Hur kan man fråga om våld och vad kan man göra när kvinnor berättar. Detta är den tredje omarbetade upplagan. Boken tar upp hur man uppmärksammar signale...

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Ett vitt sken lägger sig som en hinna över mina ögon. Jag ser ingenting. Ändå springer jag allt vad jag kan och någonstans hör jag min dotter som skriker. Det är fredagen den 19 september 1997 och mitt ansikte är täckt med en frätande syra. Attack...

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Varje år upplever många barn att deras mamma blir svårt slagen och förnedrad av någon närstående. Denna bok presenterar en krissamtalsmodell för att stödja dessa barn: Trappanmodellen. Metoden har under de senaste åren fått stor spridning i Sverig...

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In this groundbreaking book, a counselor shows women in abusive relationships how to improve, survive, or leave. "Promises to be a beacon of calm and sanity for many storm-tossed families."--"Publishers Weekly."

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"En journalistisk bragd." Ystads Allehanda "Höstens viktigaste och mest ohyggliga bok." Västerbottens-Kuriren "En upprättelse för offren ingen orkade lyssna på." Aftonbladet Vinnare av årets Guldspade i kategorin &quo...

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Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way Damian is just seven when he is taken in by foster carer Cathy Glass. His mother, Rachel, loves her three young children dearly, but she is vulnerable, naive and unable to cope on her own. Cathy...

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I Sverige drabbas var fjärde kvinna någon gång av våld i en nära relation. I den här boken berättar tolv kvinnor och deras närstående om hur de snärjts in, brutits ned och utsatts för våld: psykiskt, fysiskt, sexuellt och ekonomiskt. Om hur mannen...

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The key missing piece of Jon Krakauer's multi million, multi territory bestseller and widely acclaimed Sean Penn film Into the Wild is finally revealed by his best friend and sister, Carine. The story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings...

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Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political cont...

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A 5-year-old boy, Ethan, is brought to Casey in the middle of the night after the sudden death of his young mother after a drug overdose. Estranged from her parents, Ethans mum had been abused by her ex-partner, and began taking drugs to cope. Eth...

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Det blev många tårar för Rosa under de första åren. Hon kunde inte förstå hur Troy kunde prata på ett så ovänligt sätt och skälla ut henne så mycket, prata så nedvärderande om henne t.o.m. framför barnen. Det är bra att barnen ser sanningen. JAG m...

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Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son. Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought...

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Do you feel confused and exhausted by a relationship, and you can't figure out why? Do you feel like you can't think straight, and the person in your life seems fine, so you wonder if maybe you are the problem? Has someone mentioned you might be w...

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Våldsutsatta kvinnor berättar sin historia som den aldrig berättats tidigare. Våld mot kvinnor är ett av våra största samhällsproblem, ändå tystas det ner och nedprioriteras av både myndigheter och av samhället i stort. Journalisten och författare...

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This book takes a global approach to violence between husbands and wives in faith contexts. Focusing primarily on Christians, the book uses anthropological, theological and historical methods, which intersect with, and are challenged by, lay and o...

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He took you and you have been his for five years. But you have been careful. Waiting for him to mess up. It has to be now. Taken by a serial killer, she has been kept her captive in a shed for five years. No-one has any idea of the terrible secret...

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'I listen to those stories - told by women who have been drugged, beaten, imprisoned, raped and terrorised within the walls of the homes they grew up in. I listen and I am humbled by their resilience.' Jasvinder Sanghera knows what it me...

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When she was a little girl, Jasvinder Sanghera's father told her about the village he came from, Kang Sabhu in rural Punjab. One day, he promised to take her there so she could meet her half-sister, Bachanu, who had stayed behind. But at the ...

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Ibland hör vi sägas att barnen förr i tiden fick oerhört mycket stryk och att en god fostran innebar att barnen spöades och fick örfilar i tid och otid även i förebyggande syfte för att deras vilja skulle brytas och de skulle bli lydiga och underg...

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Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the two young sisters have been removed from home to...

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A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the me...

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Since the 1970s the issue of intimate partner violence (IPV) has been explained through the patriarchal desire of men to control and dominate women, but this gendered perspective limits both our understanding of IPV and its treatment. Intimate Par...

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1. This book has a market across criminology, sociology, law and gender studies, and will be essential reading for courses on feminist criminology, gender and crime, family and domestic violence, and violence against women. 2. This book distinguis...

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- Proposes a context-based intervention program (that places the children's perception and voice in the center), and outlines new directions for coping with the problem, on social, legal, community, educational, family, and clinical levels. -...

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Called "Enlightening and Empowering," If Only I'd Known! is a therapist-written and recommended 3-part book helping readers heal from narcissistic abuse and experience post-traumatic growth.

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You deserve respect. In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. You'll get more of the answers you need to recognize abus...

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This therapist-written and recommended 3-part book will give you the insights and strategies to understand the inner workings of a narcissist, heal from narcissistic abuse, and experience sustainable post-traumatic growth.In relationships, have yo...

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