Survivor Moms: Academic Reception and Book Signing
Posted by Donna Dolezal Zelzer on August 12th, 2008
When: September 23, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Where: Shaman Drum Bookshop, 311-315 South State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. 734-662-7407
Mickey Sperlich MA, CPM and Julia Seng PhD CNM will signing copies of their new book, Survivor Moms: Women’s Stories of Birthing, Mothering, and Healing after Sexual Abuse.
If you work with pregnant woman, Survivor Moms should be in your library. The book features excerpts from the stories of 81 women who have suffered and survived childhood sexual abuse, along with information from a wide range of professional sources about how adult women are affected by childhood maltreatment and sexual trauma. Included is an overview of diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with illustrations of psychiatric terms with the women’s own words about PTSD.
Survivor Moms was published by Motherbaby Press, a division of Midwifery Today.
Full disclosure: I’m the Marketing Director at Midwifery Today.
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