WELCOME TO THE IVAT BOOKSTORE!

This compelling story, based on true events, is written from the victim’s point of view and depicts how manipulation, intimidation, and cruelty of violence against women can be devastating and lasting. 19-year-old Lacey Lockwood, a beautiful, smart college student, is murdered by her possessive, controlling ex-boyfriend. After her death, she becomes trapped inside the body of Lisette La Tour, a straight-talking, no-nonsense stripper, who has been wounded by an abusive childhood and who dances under the name of “Attila the Hunny.” Lacey and Lisette share the spotlight on stage as well as on an urgent journey to avenge what has happened to them, move beyond the abuse in their lives, and discover that living well is, indeed, the best revenge. This inspirational story shows how anyone can triumph if they have forgiveness, courage, and strength.

This compelling story, based on true events, is written from the victim's point of view and depicts how manipulation, intimidation, and cruelty of violence against women can be devastating and lasting. This is the second in the three-book, national award-winning The Best Revenge Series. Ten years after the murder of her friend Lacey Lockhart, Lisette LaTour revisits the college town where Lacey was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend, Ari. Surprised by the changes in the campus and how well Lacey’s friends are doing, Lisette feels lost in her own life. No longer dancing under the name of Attila the Hunny and adrift as to her career goals, she longs to connect with something bigger and deeper in her life. But when Ambrose, the angry, homeless man from a decade ago, finds her and proposes a scheme, she senses danger. Yet she can’t help wanting to open up to feelings she hasn’t experienced since her mother Marie’s death when she was a child. Can Lisette risk everything to find the unconditional love she has always wanted or is that too much to ask? This inspirational story shows how anyone can triumph if they have forgiveness, courage, and strength.

No longer a victim, beyond a survivor, she is a "thriver" on the brink of a new life. She's a new breed of woman moving on after abuse and she wants her revenge. Living well is her best revenge. She is pushing through her fears to find positive energy and forge a new future for herself and her children. Ready to take this life-changing journey of self-discovery from victim to survivor to "thriver" and permanently break the cycle of violence in your life? Author Susan Omilian has used her seven-step motivational process to assist hundreds of women on their journey over the last fifteen years. Now in book form with easy-to-use worksheets, invigorating writing exercises and inspirational thriver success stories, readers will... See their journey from struggle to transformation to happy ending. Quiet critical voices and awaken their Happy Person Inside. Attract positive energy to push through their fears. Set new, achievable goals to put them in the thriver zone. The innovative material in this guide is valuable not only for victims of abuse but also for their families, friends, counselors, therapists, crisis center staffs, and attorneys. It is a resource for these helpers and supporters, offering a process for the journey to thriving for those caught in this web of abuse.

“Bust him, Bone!“ A single shot from the 9mm handgun exploded in the night air. Tariq Khamisa, 20-year-old college student and part-time pizza deliverer, lay dead in the front seat of his car. The killer: eighth-grader Tony Hicks. So began the bardo of Azim Khamisa, Tariq’s father. ”Bardo” is a Tibetan Buddhist concept Azim came upon shortly after the murder. It is a gap between the end of one life state and the onset of another. The loss of his only son ended forever the life Azim had known. He was thrown into a nightmarish bardo through which he had to find his way. But his strong Islamic Ismaili faith and his determination to make his son’s death meaningful transformed Azim’s bardo into a remarkable journey. A spiritual teacher started his path by telling him that compassionate acts, undertaken in the name of the departed, are ”spiritual currency” that speed the soul’s journey. Azim searched his heart. He found no desire for vengeance there. “From the beginning, I saw victims at both ends of that gun,” he said. In an extraordinary act, he reached out to the family of his son’s killer. “We both carry a burden of loss. Help me carry mine. Let me help you carry yours,” was the message he conveyed to Ples Felix, Tony’s grandfather. He discovered in Ples a faith as strong as his own, and a similar burning desire to end the plague of youth violence. Azim established the Tariq Khamisa Foundation to do this work. Its award winning programs in the San Diego schools use powerful, real-life dramas to teach kids that they have the ability—and the responsibility—to choose nonviolent solutions to problems. Ples is vice chairman of the Foundation and serves on the Board of Trustees. Azim’s journey also led him to discover an approach to criminal justice that he believes is a model for the future. Restorative justice seeks to restore wholeness to victims and communities when crimes are committed. Importantly, it also offers perpetrators an opportunity to redeem themselves as contributing, responsible members of society. This is a win-win process and is especially valuable in cases involving juvenile criminals. From Murder to Forgiveness is a powerful and inspiring story that offers hope for the restoration of lives brutalized by acts of violence.

From Forgiveness to Fulfillment – a sequel to Azim’s first book, From Murder to Forgiveness – beautifully illustrates how Azim has found fulfillment through forgiveness, detailing the evolution of a father dedicated to healing not only his heart, but also the wounds of our society.

From Fulfillment to Peace, a third book in a trilogy, is the culmination of a powerfully transforming journey that began on the morning of January 22, 1995. That was when Azim Khamisa received a devastating call informing him that his only son Tariq had been shot and killed. Along the path of healing, forgiveness and also redemption, Azim created a peace formula that would guide his life and be a backbone for this book, which weaves nuggets of spiritual wisdom to create a road-map with detailed directions. Join Azim on this road-map that guides you to continually return to the high vibratory emotions that are essential to maintaining peace – no matter what happens in your life.

Written by one of the nation’s leading practitioners in the field of childhood trauma, abuse, and dissociation, this comprehensive resource fills a void in the literature to provide indepth knowledge of current interventions for treating dissociation in youth. It describes a detailed, careful assessment process and creative, evidence-supported techniques for helping children and their families to heal from chaotic, traumatizing experiences. With both a theoretical and practical focus, the book offers proven strategies for successfully treating children and adolescents with varying degrees ofdisissociation and comorbid symptoms. It also integrates adjunct therapies in environments beyond those of traditional psychotherapy, such as school, and describes howtheir strategies can be used effectively to augment therapy and understand dissociative children.

Based on a model integrating five prominent therapeutic modalities, and underscoring the importance of attachment style, the book focuses on the neurobiology of trauma, a high comorbidity of symptoms, specialized clinical interventions, psychopharmacology, and family intervention techniques. Also addressed are adjunct therapies in art and EMDR. In addition, the book provides a window into the effects of traumatic events such as medical illness that may be overlooked, and safe techniques with dissociative youth who are exhibiting dangerous behaviors. Rich clinical examples demonstrate the various phases of treatment and offer a window into the internal world of dissociative children.

Key Features:

• Integrates psychotherapy with EMDR, art therapy, neurobiology, and psychopharmacology

• Distills current research on neurobiology of trauma and how to intervene with specially designed treatment strategies

• Provides in-depth knowledge of the latest creative interventions for treatment of childhood dissociation and comorbid symptoms

• Sensitizes the therapist to often overlooked traumatic events, such as medical illness, that can exacerbate symptoms

Prosecuted But Not Silenced is a powerful documentary about a mother and daughter's tragic involvement with the judicial system when there were allegations of child sexual abuse―a human rights and civil rights issue for women and children. It is an important educational tool for judges, lawyers, social workers, therapists, politicians, and the general public so that people realize what still occurs today. A National Health Crisis, Maralee’s story reveals the last taboo and a crime that needs the public's attention, and emphasizes the need for training in the dynamics of maltreatment so that no more mothers have to suffer what happened to Maralee and her daughter.

This guide, the second book in the 3-book Thriver Zone series offers a road map for the journey to the real you to assist victims of abuse on their journey from victim to survivor to thriver. With deliberate intention readers can now …

• Get positive energy and emotion.

• Focus your desires.

• Overcome your fears and limiting beliefs about yourself.

• Find the Real YOU, a part of you untouched by all that has happened.

Stay in the Thriver Zone where infinite possibilities lie and discover your passion and authentic self.

The innovative material in this guide is valuable not only for victims of abuse but also for their families, friends, counselors, therapists, crisis center staffs, and attorneys. It is a resource for these helpers and supporters, offering a process for the journey to thriving for those caught in this web of abuse.

Authors: Michele Koonin, Araceli Cabarcas, Robert Geffner

WORKBOOK Authors: Michele Koonin, Araceli Cabarcas, Robert Geffner