Come to terms with your past while moving powerfully into the futureThe Courage to Heal is an inspiring comprehensive guide that offers hope and a map of the healing journey to every woman who was sexually abused as a childand to those who care about her. Although the effects of child sexual abuse are longterm and severe healing is possible.Weaving together personal experience with professional knowledge the authors provide clear explanations practical suggestions and support throughout the healing process. Readers will feel recognized and encouraged by hundreds of moving firstperson stories drawn from interviews and the authors extensive work with survivors both nationally and internationally.This completely revised and updated 20th anniversary edition continues to provide the compassionate wisdom the book has been famous for as well as many new features Contemporary research on trauma and the brainAn overview of powerful new healing tools such as imagery meditation and bodycentered practicesAdditional stories that reflect an even greater diversity of survivor experiencesThe reassuring accounts of survivors who have been healing for more than twenty yearsThe most comprehensive uptodate resource guide in the fieldInsights from the authors decades of experienceCherished by survivors and recommended by therapists and institutions everywhere The Courage to Heal has often been called the bible of healing from child sexual abuse.