“As a co-founder of MaleSurvivor and the co-chair of our Weekends of Recovery program, Dr. Fradkin has helped thousands of survivors of sexual abuse put their lives back together. … Every year, millions of survivors and their loved ones find help for healing through our website and the practices Dr. Fradkin helped put into place. I highly recommend this book to every survivor of sexual abuse and those people who … wish to help support them.”
— Christopher M. Anderson, Executive Director, MaleSurvivor
“Thoughtful . . . thorough . . . a must-read for men who may have had an unwanted or abusive sexual experience in childhood or adulthood and for the people who love those men. Howard Fradkin’s book will be ‘top shelf’ in our lending library.”
— Steve LePore, Founder and Executive Director, 1in6
“For many years Dr. Howard Fradkin has inspired male survivors of sexual abuse to affirm themselves and move beyond the prisons of their childhood trauma. … Now he has written a book that will bring his wisdom to a much larger audience. Men who read it will find their inner strength through exercises, storytelling, and a range of empowering affirmations. It will inspire survivors to heal and move on in their lives. His book is a gift to all traumatized men.”
— Richard B. Gartner, Ph.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, Faculty, and Founding Director of Sexual Abuse Service: William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute; author of Beyond Betrayal: Taking Charge of Your Life after Boyhood Sexual Abuse and Betrayed as Boys
“Howard Fradkin is a leader in recovery for male survivors, personally and professionally. … In an encouraging and affirming tone, Joining Forces offers specific exercises and suggestions of healing activities. Like his workshop leadership, this book will be of great benefit to many men in recovery and those who love them.”
— Mike Lew, author of Victims No Longer and Leaping Upon the Mountains
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