Kay’s words hit home THROWING THE BOOK AT ABUSE
Nov 15, 2020
3 minutes
Cloe Willetts
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When Auckland author Kay Douglas was a young girl, she dreamt about writing a book telling adults how much it hurt when they were nasty. She often felt hurt as a child and scripted lines in her head, which she published decades later.
“I turned it into my book ,” says Kay, 69, who works as a psychotherapist specialising in anger, abuse and trauma.
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