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Summary: best self help book ever
Review: I have found this book to be a valuable resource for men dealing with childhood abuse issues. As a survivor, I found most of the literature on abuse to be directed toward women. Sonkin directs this towards men and speaks to the issues men go through. Though not an easy read, I have had many of the issues described thoughtfully and caringly in a way that speaks to me. Many of the thoughts and feelings that I've experienced were laid out in the book, but solutions also offered. If you are just beginning your journey to healing or well along the process, this book can be helpful along the way.
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Summary: A must read for men dealing with childhood abuse issue
Review: I have found this book to be a valuable resource for men dealing with childhood abuse issues. As a survivor, I found most of the literature on abuse to be directed toward women. Sonkin directs this towards men and speaks to the issues men go through. Though not an easy read, I have had many of the issues described thoughtfully and caringly in a way that speaks to me. Many of the thoughts and feelings that I've experienced were laid out in the book, but solutions also offered. If you are just beginning your journey to healing or well along the process, this book can be helpful along the way.
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Summary: Required Reading for Counsellors and Students
Review: The literature on abuse of males is still scarcely in the beginning.
In councelling we must become aware that abuse of boys deserves professional attention. It is not fiction and not one case in a million but contemporary.
Highly recommended to broaden up anyones' horizons.
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Summary: best self help book ever
Review: This is a great book. I have found most self help books, and most psychologists, lacking empathy for victims of abuse. I have made many unsuccessful attempts in the past to work through my problems but never made any real progress. Dr. Sonkin breaks the process down into four steps- experiences, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors- which have made it possible for me to understand how to work through it all. And the great empathy he expresses was what allowed me to get beyond the usual andger and alienation I feel toward therapists, who tend to be judgemental and condescending. I went through and did all the exercises and wrote everything down- in particular writing down all the feelings lifted a great burden from me. If you are suffering from the effects of abuse, find a good therapist and get this book. Life will look a lot better.
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Summary: review of heroic men
Review: This is a very insightful book into a subject that is greatly ignored. This book can help many men to overcome something that is usually hiden from public view and can help others understand what their men whom have suffered abuse go through.
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Summary: Touchie Feelie Sham
Review: Typical California feel good self-help schlok. Blaming the victim for not getting in touch with his feelings earlier (and of course not paying someone like Sonkin to "help"). Generally muddled pablum.
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Summary: Touchie Feelie Sham
Review: Typical California feel good self-help schlok. Blaming the victim for not getting in touch with his feelings earlier (and of course not paying someone like Sonkin to "help"). Generally muddled pablum.
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Summary: Why I wrote this book......
Review: When I wrote my first book, Learning to Live Without Violence: A Handbook for Men, almost twenty years ago, the issue of domestic violence was in it's infancy stages. Advocates were interested in educating the public about this serious social problem. Mental health professionals were focused on developing effective interventions in stoping violence. As I treated many men and women for their violence I came to realized that an important part of the violence recovery process was addressing the effects of childhood abuse. I initially started writing this book for the man who was struggling to control his violence and who was also needing to heal from his childhood abuse. However, as I spoke to colleagues about my ideas, I discovered that there were many more men who didn't have problems with violence, but nevertheless were silently suffering from the effects of childhood abuse. Wounnded Boys/Heroic Men is for all men who were abused as children, whether they are recovering from violence, substance abuse, or who simply are not feeling satified with their lives and wanting to overcome whatever lingering effects they are experiencing as a result of the abuse. I hope you learn as much from reading this book, as I did from writing it.
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