Author/Artist:
Karen Rabbitt
Psychotherapists Memoir Reveals Personal History of Abuse and Reconciliation
Enumclaw, WAEvery year in the United States, over 81,000 children suffer sexual abuse, details the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.1 Childhelp, an organization dedicated to the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse indicates the actual numbers of abuse is three times greater than reported.2
Trading Fathers: Forgiving Dad, Embracing God (WinePress, 2009) documents the true story of Karen Rabbitt and her journey from brokenness to wholeness. Conceived through the trauma of marital rape, Rabbitt reveals the sexual abuse she suffered as a preschooler at the hands of her father as well as the ripple effect on her childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Rabbitt, a seasoned psychotherapist, has written for Marriage Partnership and Todays Christian Woman in addition to writing her own story. She writes to share her hard-won wisdominformed by her professional experience but energized by her own struggle for emotional and spiritual health.