Includes bibliographical references and index.

Neglect -- Understanding the Parentified Child by Reading Margaret Haddix's Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey / Sue Street, Joan F. Kaywell -- A Reader's and Counselor's Response to Heather Quarles's A Door Near Here / Jessica Pawelkop-Muroff, Leah Armstrong -- Emotional Abuse -- Escaping the Emotional Hold Using Chris Crutcher's Ironman as a Springboard for Discussion / Joan F. Kaywell, Sue Street -- Han Nolan's Born Blue: Using Self-Expression to Heal the Wounds of Emotional Abuse and Neglect / Danielle Lyons, Candace Odierna -- Without Witches and Wizards: Surviving Emotional Abuse and Neglect through Journaling on James Deem's 3 NBs of Julian Drew / Nicole Schaefer-Farrell, Eileen Kennedy -- Physical Abuse -- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes: A Counselor Picks Up Where Crutcher Leaves Off / Sue Street, Joan F. Kaywell -- Precocious Teacher Encounters Professional Social Worker: Conversations toward Understanding Physical Abuse through Chris Crutcher's Whale Talk / Shannon D. Dosh, Carolyn T. Royalty -- Sexual Abuse -- Winning the Battle for Self after the Big Lie in Chris Crutcher's Chinese Handcuffs / Joan F. Kaywell, Sue Street -- Voices of Healing: How Creative Expression Therapies Help Us Heal, Using Laurie Halse Anderson's Novel Speak as a Springboard for Discussion / Diane Ressler, Dr. Stan Giannet -- Finding Strength in Friendship in Jacqueline Woodson's I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This / Leslie Hibbs, Tom McDevitt -- A Therapeutic Teacher's Reader Response to Beatrice Sparks's Treacherous Love / Terry Burkard Plaia, Judith M. Bailey.