Surviving secrets : the experience of abuse for the child, the adult, and the helper / Moira Walker.

Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1992.

x, 211 pages ; 23 cm

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.

Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: Fmi

1. Introduction -- 2. A web of secrets: Generations of abuse -- 3. Adults reflect: The child's experience -- 4. Childhood abuse: The adult's experience -- 5. Sharing secrets: The child's and the adult's experience -- 6. The development of Multiple Personality Disorder -- 7. Stages in the process of counselling and therapy -- 8. Particular issues in the process of therapy -- 9. Issues for the helper.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-207) and index.