Trauma Recovery and Empowerment: A Clinician's Guide for Working with Women in Groups Book

	Introduction
	General Instructions to Group Leaders	1
Pt. I	Empowerment
1	Introductory Session	13
2	What It Means to Be a Woman	19
3	What Do You Know and How Do You Feel About Your Body?	26
4	Physical Boundaries	34
5	Emotional Boundaries: Setting Limits and Asking for What You Want	41
6	Self-Esteem	49
7	Developing Ways to Feel Better: Self-Soothing	56
8	Intimacy and Trust	62
9	Female Sexuality	68
10	Sex with a Partner	74
11	Transition Session from Empowerment to Trauma Recovery	81
Pt. II	Trauma Recovery
12	Gaining an Understanding of Trauma	87
13	The Body Remembers What the Mind Forgets	96
14	What Is Physical Abuse?	103
15	What Is Sexual Abuse?	109
16	Physical Safety	115
17	What Is Emotional Abuse?	120
18	Institutional Abuse	125
19	Abuse and Psychological or Emotional Symptoms	130
20	Trauma and Addictive or Compulsive Behavior	135
21	Abuse and Relationships	141
Pt. III	Advanced Trauma Recovery Issues
22	Family - Myths and Distortions	153
23	Family Life: Current	161
24	Decision Making: Trusting Your Judgment	167
25	Communication: Making Yourself Understood	172
26	Self-Destructive Behaviors	178
27	Blame, Acceptance, and Forgiveness	184
28	Feeling Out of Control	189
29	Relationships	196
30	Personal Healing	202
Pt. IV	Closing Rituals
31	Truths and Myths About Abuse	209
32	What It Means to Be a Woman	215
33	Closing Ritual	219
Pt. V	Modifications or Supplements for Special Populations
1	Women Diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness	227
2	Incarcerated Women	249
3	Women Who Are Parents	278
4	Women Who Abuse	324
5	Male Survivors	354
Pt. VI	Appendix
Item A	Trauma Group Notebook	403
Item B	Self-Esteem Thermometer	406
Item C	Self-Esteem Achievement Chart (Example)	407
Item D	Self-Esteem Achievement Chart	408
Item E	Comfort Strategies	409
Item F	Intimacy Network	410
Item G	Road Map	411
Item H	Literature Sources	412
Item I	Autobiography in Five Chapters (Poem)	413