My intentions as an author have been to raise awareness about issues relevant to child abuse prevention and healing, the effects of PTSD on marriage and family life, and current cultural issues that are influencing family and child development. Related to those intentions, I’m also on the Speakers Bureau for the Rape and Incest National Network (RAINN). My memoir is about my own experiences as an incest survivor and patient in therapy during a period of my life when, while my husband and I were rearing our children, I was (and we were) struggling with my resultant PTSD.