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Copyright © 2017 by Michelle Stevens
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Stevens, Michelle (Psychologist), author.
Title: Scared selfless : my journey from abuse and madness to surviving and thriving / Michelle Stevens, Ph.D.
Description: New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: LCCN 2016041381 (print) | LCCN 2016043819 (ebook) | ISBN 9780399173387 (print) | ISBN 9780698185562 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Stevens, Michelle (Psychologist) | Stevens, Michelle (Psychologist)—Childhood and youth. | Adult child sexual abuse victims—United States—Biography. | Sexually abused children—United States—Biography. | Child sexual abuse—United States—Case studies. | Mental illness—United States—Case studies. | Healing—United States—Case studies. | Women psychologists—United States—Biography. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. | SELF-HELP / Abuse. | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse.
Classification: LCC HV6570.2 .S74 2017 (print) | LCC HV6570.2 (ebook) | DDC 362.76092 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016041381
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