Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: What Is PTSD and Do You Have It? -- Chapter 2: Self-Advocacy: An Overview and Initial Self-Assessment -- Chapter 3: Is Anger Worth the Hangover? Strategies for Letting Go -- Chapter 4: Feel Better by Changing the Way You Talk to Yourself -- Chapter 5: The Power of Nonnegative Thinking -- Chapter 6: Managing Stress by Controlling Muscle Tension -- Chapter 7: Why PTSD Persists and a Path to Your Recovery -- Chapter 8: Overcoming the Attitude That You're Overwhelmed or Have No Power -- Chapter 9: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Guild but Were Afraid to Ask -- Chapter 10: How to Get Rid of Your Guilt -- Chapter 11: "Supposed to" Beliefs That Lead Women to Stay or Go Back -- Chapter 12: Assertiveness, Aggressiveness, and How to Take the High Road -- Chapter 13: Managing Contacts with Former Partners -- Chapter 14: Overcoming Fear by Exposure to Harmless Reminders -- Chapter 15: How to Identify Potential Perpetrators -- Chapter 16: Self-Advocacy Review: How Have You Changed? -- References.