Resources

Useful UK based support, advice or research services

Survivors

Cisters.org.uk

(rape, incest or sexual abuse)

The survivors Trust

(violence and sexual abuse)

National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPC)

Biography

Lisa R Gray, They Don’t Tell (2015) They Don't Tell: Child Abuse: A Mother's Perspective (kindle)

Useful books and links

Guidance to recovery

Joyce Meyer, Beauty for Ashes (2003) Amazon.co.uk

Diane Langberg (2017) The Spiritual Impact of Sexual Abuse. (New Growth Press: Greensboro)

Linda Pittman, Rebuilding My Boundaries After Abuse. https://overcomingsexualabuse.com/2011/04/16/rebuilding-my-boundaries-after-abuse/

Signs of abuse/coercive control

Coercive Control https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/coercive-control#signs

Woman’s Aid.org. Coercive Control < https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/coercive-control/>

Spokane Christian Counselling, ‘Signs of Sexual Abuse’ https://spokanechristiancounseling.com/articles/signs-of-sexual-abuse-what-you-need-to-know

Diane Roblin-Lee, (2010), Predator Proof your Family series #7, (2nd Ed), ‘When The Worst That Can Happen, Has Already Happened’, P.23, Canada)

Diane Roblin-Lee, and Melodie Bissell, (2025) Predator Proof your Family series #6, (3rd Ed), ‘It’s all about the brain’, (Canada)

Charlie Robinson, and Victoria Clausen, , Federal Bureau Investigation The link between animal cruelty and child protection < https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/the-link-between-animal-cruelty-and-human-violence>