How Do Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Overcome the Lingering Effects of Abuse?

FOREST PARK, Ill. - July 30, 2015 - PRLog -- As we’ve witnessed in the media over the past few months, sexual abuse perpetrators are often closer to the home than one might think or even want to imagine. But what’s even more distressing is that the reactions to sexual abuse from parents and other adults in authority are often amiss.

These responses can result in abused children becoming adult children because the abuse was never properly addressed. As an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse along with other forms of abuse, Annette F. Brown is very familiar with trying to grapple with the lingering effects of this life-altering trauma.

In her book, Pressing On: Overcoming Sexual Abuse through Faith in Christ, Annette shares the many winding roads in her life that led to more chaos than solutions. But she also shares the primary approach she adopted that healed her heart and altered her self-perceptions, which was, developing her faith in Christ.

If you are a survivor struggling with your faith, or if you simply want an understanding of what it’s like to cope with such a trauma, you are encouraged to read this book. Female survivors of childhood sexual abuse on a Christian faith journey would particularly benefit from reading this book.

Although Pressing On: Overcoming Sexual Abuse through Faith in Christ officially launches on August 1, 2015, it is digitally available for pre-order through iBooks, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords for $8.99. You can also download a sample of the book from each retailer. The print version will become available through Amazon.com and related book distributors for $12.99, on August 1, 2015.

About the Author
Annette F. Brown, MA has been on a more intimate faith journey with Christ for well over a decade. Although she holds graduate degrees related to psychology and spirituality, her current non-fiction works place emphasis on her personal testimony, and are not intended to be academically professional. Through her non-fiction writings, she aims to encourage sex abuse survivors to believe that they can heal and that trusting God is an option for full recovery. Read more about this author at http://www.AnnetteFBrown.com. Visit her blog for sex abuse survivors at RuthEsther.com.