Reach for the Rainbow: Advanced Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse

My goal is to learn all I can about early childhood sexual abuse. My adult daughter is a survivor and starting her healing process. I bought Lynne's book to begin to learn about the trauma and horror of this type of abuse. The book is very well written, informative and a wonderful starting point in my attempt to understand my daughter's pain. I don't give the book five stars because I feel the author's unresolved personal issues with her own mother comes across too strong. For some reason I felt that she was putting all non-abusive mothers in the same boat with her mother and that's just not true. Many of us truly were not aware of the abuse. However, keeping in mind who this book is written for -- the Survivors of Sexual Abuse, it's a fabulous book and a valuable reference as you journey through recovery with your loved one.

This book is soooooo helpful! Whenever I have a question about my past or want to understand how I feel I resort to this book! It has to be one of my favorite books about surviving. It's very cleary written and easy to read. I'm not one that likes to read a lot of "psychological talk," so this was a great read for me!

Lynne Finney, herself a survivor of sexual abuse, has written a gentle, encouraging guide that is filled with helpful examples, and concrete, accessible and applicable suggestions for healing. It is also filled with sound knowledge, articulate writing, and the powerful example of her own experience. This book is highly memorable, accessible, and readable for all readers, and offers information that is valuable for everyone who has experienced sexual abuse, anyone who knows someone who has experienced such trauma, or anyone who may encounter such a person in the future.

I read this book at a particularly difficult time in my life and it was so helpful. My experience was much less dramatic than those I've heard about and I was feeling as if I didn't have a right to my pain. This book really helped me accept the fact that just because I didn't have the worst documented experience, that didn't mean that the experience wasn't horrible for me. It gave me the validation I needed to heal. Don't be put off by the word "advanced" in the title--this was the first book I read after I was finally able to admit what had happened to me and it was just great for me.

This book has many short chapters that answer a lot of the questions that abuse survivors are asking themselves and others. The author, herself, is a survivor and she shares many of the incidents that she went thru on her journey to wellness. But most of all, this book shows that their is hope for recovery and it is from the perspective of one that has gone thru it herself. I would definitely recommend this book to any survivor or the loved one of a suvivor.