Product Description

Victims of rape often suffer from symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as well as depression, addiction and other emotional problems.

In this new handbook, an expert in the treatment of PTSD helps rape victims cope with the reality of the experience and deal with the aftermath of conflicting and debilitating feelings. Recovery begins by establishing a safety plan that includes what to expect from recovery, and an understanding of how to treat your self during recovery. Learn how to develop a community and supportive network to assist you during the journey and cope with the anxiety and anger that often arise during this process. Understand how sexual assault can affect many aspects of life. Shatter myths about sexual assault and examine how the experience can change relationships. The final part of the book facilitates the mental reconstruction of the assault to diffuse its emotional power. Counter irrational beliefs, find inner reserves of strength and energy, and regain personal power.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #214379 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 190 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781572243378
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Publisher
A woman is raped in this country every two minutes; this is the only step-by-step program that helps these survivors recover from PTSD symptoms and other emotional problems due to this traumatic event. (Rape victims experience the second highest prevalence rate for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—only exceeded by survivors of war)

About the Author
Mary Valentis, Ph.D., is a lecturer in English at the State University of New York, Albany. Coauthor of "Brave New You: 12 Dynamic Strategies for Saying What You Want" and "Being Who You Are; Female Rage: Unlocking Its Secrets, Claiming Its Power," and editor of The American Sublime, she has published articles in New Woman Magazine and in scholarly journals and collections. Her classes, retreats, and workshops focus on women’s issues, romantic love, trauma writing, and popular culture.

John Valentis, Ph.D., has been involved in the mental health field since 1975. Dr. Valentis has an independent practice in clinical hypnosis and psychotherapy and specializes in motivation, relationships, and the psychology of health. The host of radio stations WALE’s The Dr. John Valentis Show, a call-in advice program, he has been a guest on national and local television. He presents training seminars on various mental health issues and skill enhancement for physicians and mental health practitioners.

Customer Reviews

If you've ever been sexually abused, this is a must have to heal in your journey
This book offers constructive things a person can do to heal. Helps you understand your emotions, accept them and do things to increase your positive feelings about yourself after such a traumatic experience. It was so valuable to me--much more understanding words than most therapists provide. Helps you get out negative emotions. Fabulously written by a person who understands. Must have

READ THIS BOOK
For my research paper, I the topic was the "Effects of Rape". I was off to a rough start, but after reading this book I finished my paper immediately. As a rape victim I HIGHLY recommend this book as a guide to a healthy recovery. It's not your fault...

Patronizing & Fraudulant
Her book is really the equivalent of 5 pamphlets on rape(and I mean that in the most literal way)..then there is the perturbing epilogue..titled "It Almost Happened to Me"

Her epilogue:

""One Sunday morning while I was working on this book, a man slipped into my home. I had just come back from the gym, taken off my coat, and turned to shut the door -- only to find a man standing in my hallway. He asked, "Can I come in?" He had a childish face, a timid demeanor, and from the religious pamphlets he was carrying, he appeared to be a missionary of some kind.
But I sensed danger. I slammed the door and yelled at him to go away. I had to yell several times. He finally left. I was calling the police when I looked outside a window and saw him running from one neighbor's backyard to another, peering over their fences. Then, for some reason, he ran away.
I alerted a few neighbors and then I went to church and the grocery store. As usual, I left my backdoor open to carry in my groceries. Within minutes, the man who had come to my door earlier that morning walked into my kitchen. The minute I saw him there, I started to scream loudly and repeatedly. I didn't decide to scream. The screams just started coming out, each one louder than the last. He turned around and left. Even after he fled, I kept on screaming. I couldn't make myself stop, even though I had to call the police.
That evening I tried to continue working on this book, but I couldn't stop shaking. That lasted for some days. For several weeks, I had nausea, nightmares, flashbacks, backaches and was "hyper"--my whole body was on emergency alert.""




Do those words REALLY sound like the words of a Stanford grad?? She sounds either paranoid or like a drama queen. What a coinkidink a potential rapist comes to her house...while she was writing this book!! Seriously, think about that.
She also claims to have been mugged, which is what she based her 1996 book "I Can't Get Over it" on. Then this happens? I don't believe it.
I will be checking her credentials. If she was misleading about her education, I will demand my money back.

EDIT:
I have been in contact with the publishing company of the book and they will be refunding my money and looking into her supposed credentials. Kudos to them.

It is interesting though that I get so many thumbs down for typing up her patronizing epiloque. My guess would be the ones that gave the thumbs down havent been raped, because rape victims should be offended by her minimizing of actual rapes.
I'm sorry, but she did NOT go to Stanford..absolute fraud

2 nonfraudulant books that are truly helpful:

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
&
The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms