The Girls Within: A True Story of Triumph over Trauma and Abuse
Book Details
- Publisher : Karnac Books
- Published : 2020
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 344
- Category :
Trauma and Violence - Catalogue No : 94851
- ISBN 13 : 9781912691593
- ISBN 10 : 9781912691
Table of Contents
Introduction: Distant memories – devastated lives
Part I: The comings and goings of Little Vivvi
1. First meeting
2. New room
3. Trauma treatment
4. Telephone talks
5. Greek tragedy
6. The aftermath
7. The problem with being a girl
8. Dark nights
9. Christmas 2013
10. Cabin fever
11. Preparing ground
12. Breaking news
13. The fallout
14. The three faces of Vivian
15. Just Angry
16. New boundaries
17. Increasing integration
18. The book
19. An exorcism
20. The fear of being alone
21. Role reversal
22. Mothers and daughters
23. Team work
24. Talk! Talk!
Part II: And then there was Izzy
25. Black shadows of the night
26. Striking a deal
27. Out of hiding
28. Belief after betrayal
29. Poor Baby
30. A slipped disc
31. Internal family systems
32. The joy of being inside out
33. Night terrors
34. A burning rage
35. Down to the wire
36. Beyond the chequered flag
Postscript
Epilogue by Vivian
The last word from Little Vivvi
Family trees
Acknowledgements
About the author
References
Glossary
Resources