Reina Davison’s books are shrouded in truth. I held my breath as I read Overcoming Abuse: Embracing Peace Volume I and II. It’s a necessary, but painful topic and Davison handles it with grace, courage, and wisdom. Naming the abuse—calling unhealthy behaviors out for what they are—puts power, hope, and the possibility of healing into the hands of the victim and those who desire to help. Written in a forthright style, this book is a must read. It is steeped in honesty and compassion, giving readers ample opportunity to reflect on and apply what they are uncovering in its pages.
This book comes as a highly recommended guide and handbook for parents and caregivers as well as for those dealing with such issues, pastors, police, counselors, child psychologists, medical staff, and the court system will find this information useful in teaching child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention and protection! ~
I encourage every parent with children, every grandparent, and all who teach or serve children to read this book and be empowered to share, teach and train the children in their care how to protect themselves from sexual abuse. It is our responsibility to ensure their safety so they are able to live a healthy joy-filled life, uncomplicated by the experience of sexual abuse.
Reina Davison provides essential hope to abuse victims and valuable guidance to those who counsel and care for them. Overcoming Abuse Embracing Peace Volumes I, II, and III are unique contributions to the understanding and treatment of abuse trauma. These are must-have tools for counselors, caregivers, and abuse sufferers alike.
Overcoming Abuse: Embracing Peace. What a treasure-trove of help and hope! This author tackles one of the toughest topics on Earth—the tragedy of abuse. Davison knows that most people throughout the world are ignorant about the why’s of abuse and especially the what-to-do’s. The pervasiveness of domestic violence is appalling (1 in 3 women worldwide). The prevalence of childhood sexual abuse is heartbreaking—we must intervene. Thankfully, these insightful pages are filled with a plethora of Scriptural principles and practical strategies ready for us to apply—to set the captives free. Consequently, to help us and to help us help others, we all need these books.
With a voice of compassion and strength, Reina Davison challenges professionals, victims of abuse and society to take responsibility for understanding and breaking the cycle of abuse. Overcoming Abuse: Embracing Peace Volume I, II, and III are resources filled with insights and tools for both professionals and victims working at creating safety and healing from the trauma of abuse.
These books are nothing short of revelatory for those of us who, hitherto, “may only have known about” a victim, whether because we did not know the signs or manifestations, or because these were “situations” about which one doesn’t speak. The books raise consciousness.
Victims of abuse are critically ill, and desperately so, and in need of their own form of intensive care. Davison provides precisely that: care for the victim and a resource for those who would care for them. Ministry and treatment are all about the rolling up of the sleeves of our hearts and minds, then speaking openly about the unspeakable, and entering into the thick darkness of compassion as we come alongside victims and abusers in the hard work of redemption, remembering, the while, that thick darkness is the very place where God Himself is known to dwell.
My mission is to provide information, strategies, and resources for those whose safety is threatened and who are experiencing the trauma of abuse and who would like to heal and overcome their abuse as well as empower the victim and society to prevent abuse from being passed on through the generations.
But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you. Psalm 88:13
