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“A sensible book, full of insight and hope,”* that offers support and guidance in freeing emotionally abused women from the cycle of abuse and establishing new healthy patterns of relating to others.
*Booklist
• Does your husband or lover constantly criticize you and put his needs before yours?
• Do you sometimes wonder if your best friend is truly a friend?
• Does your boss try to control your every move?
• Does your fear of being left alone keep you in chronically hurtful relationships?
If any of these questions sound familiar, you could very well be suffering from emotional abuse—the most widespread but also the most hidden abuse that women experience. This type of abuse is just as damaging as physical or sexual abuse.
But there is help in this invaluable compassionate sourcebook. As a marriage, family, and child therapist who has grappled with these issues herself, Beverly Engel guides you through a step-by-step recover process, helping you shed the habits begun in childhood and take the first few steps toward healthy change.
Using numerous examples drawn from case history and her own therapeutic expertise, Engel will show you how to
• Recognize and understand the abusers in your life
• Identify the patterns that have kept you emotionally trapped
• Complete your unfinished business
• Decide whether to walk away from an abusive relationship or take a stand and stay
• Heal the damage of abuse by building self-esteem
• Break the cycle of abuse and open yourself to the promise of healthy relationships
*Booklist
• Does your husband or lover constantly criticize you and put his needs before yours?
• Do you sometimes wonder if your best friend is truly a friend?
• Does your boss try to control your every move?
• Does your fear of being left alone keep you in chronically hurtful relationships?
If any of these questions sound familiar, you could very well be suffering from emotional abuse—the most widespread but also the most hidden abuse that women experience. This type of abuse is just as damaging as physical or sexual abuse.
But there is help in this invaluable compassionate sourcebook. As a marriage, family, and child therapist who has grappled with these issues herself, Beverly Engel guides you through a step-by-step recover process, helping you shed the habits begun in childhood and take the first few steps toward healthy change.
Using numerous examples drawn from case history and her own therapeutic expertise, Engel will show you how to
• Recognize and understand the abusers in your life
• Identify the patterns that have kept you emotionally trapped
• Complete your unfinished business
• Decide whether to walk away from an abusive relationship or take a stand and stay
• Heal the damage of abuse by building self-esteem
• Break the cycle of abuse and open yourself to the promise of healthy relationships
Ratings and reviews
4.9
16 reviews
Kristy Julien
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May 16, 2018
Wonderful book! I read it years ago, and it's still my "go to" literature.
Not only does it help you to recognize types of abuse/abusers, but also
explains how it affected you and in turn how to help you heal for your
future.
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Celestina Walker
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August 17, 2021
Good e-book,it is interesting and it's bugs free,I like it,my thanks goes to globalhackeragency@gmail,com this is the hacker that helped me to hack my partner's phone remotely and I was given a app that I'm using to monitor all activities on my partner's phone without touching or near the phone at all .
Wandering Faun (The Wandering Faun)
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December 22, 2020
i found this book in a box on a road....it saved my life and was, at times, my only friend...if you are struggling in life, it's worth it to take a peek if ur a female...i never thought I'd be in situations i found myself in and never thought I'd read or need a book like this...but....like i said, it saved my sanity to know i wasn't alone when the world seemed to be against me kicking my corpse laughing in my face....truly....i left my copy in my past but nice to see it here so thank you...i share my words to hopefully inspire others who felt the same....much love and peace and respect 💖♾️
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About the author
Beverly Engel, MFCC, is a nationally recognized psychotherapist and sex therapist with over 30 years of experience, as well as a bestselling author. She is the author of The Right to Innocence, The Emotionally Abused Woman, Partners in Recovery, Encouragements for the Emotionally Abused Woman, Families in Recovery, and Raising Your Sexual Self-Esteem. She has shared her expertise on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Phil Donahue Show, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, and Ricki Lake.
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