“What occurred is not your fault!” A sexual abuse victim will hear these words but will not believe them. The words sound good at first, but their wounded heart is quick to quench them. “For some reason the blanket amnesty of forgiveness offered to the sexual abuse victim fades after the initial relief. This fading does not invalidate the good news. It simply implies that more must be done than affirm abused people and implore them to forgive themselves.” And the book proceeds to do just that, and does so in a very powerful way. Dr. Allender takes the victim on a profound journey of discovery about their abuse. He brings the victim to the awareness of the battle that must be fought. A battle the victim must wage against their own self, delving into the painful areas of their heart, mind, and soul that they would rather leave untouched…but left untouched only results in pain and turmoil when inevitable triggers stir up the ...