Reviews Elsewhere – Healing from Incest: Intimate Conversations with My Therapist

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute
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Photo by faungg’s photos

In the interest of sharing reviews of books/movies/shows about mental health and child abuse, I wanted to link to a review of Healing from Incest: Intimate Conversations with My Therapist posted by Megan Riddle over on Psych Central.

Megan even rates it “Worth your Time”. If you’ve read it, do you agree?

As always, if you have read or seen something related to depression or child abuse, and don’t have your own blog to post a review, feel free to submit one here.

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