About Clarity House
Our Core Values
Three principles that guide every resource we publish, every story we tell, and every survivor we serve.
Illuminate
We shed light on hidden patterns of manipulation, making the invisible visible so survivors can finally see what they've been experiencing.
Validate
We affirm the lived experiences of survivors, countering gaslighting with truth and confirming that what you experienced was real.
Empower
We equip survivors with practical tools, legal strategies, and evidence-based guidance to reclaim their lives and protect their futures.
How Clarity House Press Began
Bandy Jacob Strawn
Founder & Publisher, Clarity House Press
Clarity House Press was born from lived experience—and continues to grow through the voices of survivors who understand that healing happens when we see our stories reflected back to us. Here is where it began.
I know what it's like to search for answers during the hardest chapter of your life. To navigate a system that doesn't seem built for fathers. To feel invisible in a process that determines your relationship with your own children.
I've lived through the family court system. I know the weight of that painful 13% custody category our first book calls ambiguous loss. That experience drove me to research, to write, and to build something that could help others facing the same battles.
And while I'm fighting, I'm writing. Not because I have all the answers—because I need these resources for my own healing. Every chapter I write, every strategy I document, every pattern I expose—it's helping me process my own trauma, understand what happened to me, and find a path forward.
“I got tired of wishing someone had published the book I needed. So I'm writing it—for myself first, and I hope it helps others too.”
Here's what I've learned so far: the resources available to survivors are dangerously inadequate. Generic self-help books that minimize the severity of abuse. Therapy approaches that don't account for complex trauma. Legal guidance that assumes reasonable co-parenting is possible with someone who weaponizes children. And for fathers? Almost nothing.
I'm still in the fight. But I'm also building something bigger than my own case. Clarity House Press exists because if it's this hard for me—someone with resources, education, and relentless determination—what happens to everyone else?
I'm writing these books for my own healing. But if they help even one other survivor navigate this hell with better tools than I had, then every sleepless night spent writing was worth it.
This founding story opened the door. But one voice was never the plan—it was just the beginning.
Father. Survivor. Publisher. Bandy Jacob Strawn started Clarity House Press in 2025 after recognizing that the resources survivors needed during high-conflict custody cases simply didn't exist. He's building them — for every survivor who deserves better tools.
A Growing Chorus of Voices
Clarity House Press was always meant to be more than one person's story. We publish survivors who write from the trenches—people still fighting their own battles, still healing their own wounds, still learning what works and what doesn't.
Today, our authors are survivors. People who have navigated the systems that failed them and emerged with hard-won wisdom to share. Voices forged in custody battles, family court failures, and the long, nonlinear road to recovery. As we grow, we hope to welcome clinical professionals and specialists who share our commitment to trauma-informed, evidence-based work—but we will never lose sight of what makes these resources different: they're written by people who truly understand.
Real voices. Real battles. One shared commitment: creating resources that meet survivors where they are.
What unites our authors isn't credentials or titles—it's lived experience and a fierce commitment to helping others survive what they themselves have walked through. You'll see yourself in these pages—because our books come from people who know the terror of custody battles, the isolation of being disbelieved, and the painstaking work of rebuilding a life after abuse.
Our Authors
Every Clarity House Press author meets our editorial standards for authentic lived experience. We publish survivors who know that the most powerful healing resources come from those who truly understand the terrain—because they've walked it themselves.
Evidence-Based. Trauma-Informed. Court-Tested.
Publishing resources for survivors who deserve better than generic self-help.
Clinical Psychology
Clinical claims are reviewed against peer-reviewed research and professional standards in trauma recovery. No pseudoscience. No victim-blaming.
Family Law
Legal strategies drawn from real custody battles, documented by survivors who learned what works in high-conflict cases. Templates, timelines, and tactics from the front lines.
Survivor Wisdom
Real stories from survivors in the trenches—fighting for their children, documenting abuse, and learning what the system won't teach you. The patterns you need to recognize.
We don't publish books that tell you to “set boundaries” with someone who weaponizes your children.
We publish resources that show you how to document parental alienation for court, identify covert manipulation tactics your therapist might miss, and protect yourself legally while healing psychologically. Because you need both to survive this.
Human Dedication. Technology-Amplified Quality.
This isn't AI writing books. It's human dedication amplified by technology to deliver the quality survivors deserve.
Every Word Passes Through Human Review
The Clarity House team spends hundreds of hours on every book—reviewing every chapter, verifying every claim, ensuring every survivor perspective rings true. AI assists with research and fact-checking. Humans make every final decision.
Lived experience, ongoing battles, and unwavering commitment to survivors
Every claim verified against peer-reviewed research
Professional standards survivors deserve
What Makes Us Different
Evidence-Based + Lived Experience
Our books combine rigorous research from psychology, law, and trauma recovery with authentic survivor perspectives. You get both clinical accuracy and practical wisdom.
No Victim-Blaming
We never minimize abuse or suggest you could have prevented it. Our approach validates your experience while empowering your next steps.
Specific, Actionable Guidance
No generic platitudes. We provide concrete strategies, templates, and step-by-step guidance for navigating the legal system, protecting your children, and healing trauma.
Trauma-Informed Throughout
Every page is written with an understanding of how trauma affects the nervous system, memory, and healing. We meet you where you are.