Child sexual abuse
📖 The first book of its kind in Arab libraries, authored by Dr. Heba Hariri, addresses the topic of child sexual abuse in a scientific and practical depth, from prevention to recovery.
The book is divided into three main sections:
🔹 Pre-abuse: Understanding the factors that predispose to abuse, knowing the abuser's personality, and ways to educate children to protect them.
🔹 During abuse: Highlighting the child’s trauma and its emotional, physical, social and religious impact, and what happens to the brain at that stage.
🔹 Post-Abuse: Practical tools to support parents and victims, with exercises and steps for recovery and containing the experience, in addition to mechanisms for dealing with the abuser.
This book is not just a psychiatric medical reference, but a comprehensive practical guide for every family, specialist, and educational researcher seeking understanding, awareness, prevention, and containment.
Number of pages: 147
About the author: Dr. Heba Hariri is a Saudi psychotherapist, academic, and researcher. She holds a PhD in Counseling and Psychotherapy from Howard University in Washington, D.C. She is the first Saudi psychotherapist internationally certified by the EMDR Trauma Therapy Association. She has been an associate professor and researcher in the Psychology Department at Jeddah University since 2007, and has presented numerous educational and training programs in mental health and safe parenting both locally and internationally.
She has authored several specialized books, most notably: The Making of Life's Stars (2010), How to Talk About Everything About Sex with Children (2020), and her latest publication, Child Sexual Abuse (2025), which is a comprehensive guide to awareness, prevention, and psychological treatment.
In addition to her writings, Dr. Hariri has published pioneering scientific research in the fields of clinical psychology, mental health, parenting and psychotherapy, and has provided therapeutic services to children and adults in the United States and Saudi Arabia.