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The Ultimate Betrayal: The Enabling Mother, Incest and Sexual Abuse
The Ultimate Betrayal The Enabling Mother Incest and Sexual Abuse Author:Audrey Ricker This pioneering self-help book takes a close look at a topic that has been ignored or downplayed by other books on incest and childhood sexual abuse: that the non-perpetrating parent usually bears a great deal of responsibility for the child's abuse. In this examination of the complicated dynamics of abuse, the enabling mother is not treated as ... more »a victim, rather as an adult responsible for her failure to protect her child. Self-help exercises are interspersed with case histories and analytical material throughout the book, useful to both survivors and therapists.« less