If you feel unfairly criticized, controlled by others, or are afraid of being lonely, you could be suffering from emotional abuse. Now there is help in this compassionate sourcebook. Bevery Engel, a marriage, family, and child therapist, guides you through a step-by-step recovery process to help you heal the damage done in the past.
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If you feel unfairly criticized, controlled by others, or are afraid of being lonely, you could be suffering from emotional abuse. Now there is help in this compassionate sourcebook. Bevery Engel, a marriage, family, and child therapist, guides you through a step-by-step recovery process to help you heal the damage done in the past.
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This review is from: The Emotionally Abused Woman : Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself (Paperback)
For me, this book above all other self-help books on the subject I've read really hit home. I was physically and emotionally abused for most of my childhood. Once I grew up and left home I became involved with emotionally abusive men again and again, for the last several years. I couldn't understand why I always seemed to pick the wrong guy, and why life was so painful, and demeaning. Through therapy and self-help books I was able to come to some realizations. This book was so powerful that halfway through I had to put it down for some time because the personal truths I arrived at were so painful to face. I hope any person out there who is going through or has been through an emotionally abusive relationship will give this book a try. It is well worth it.
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This book is a must-have for abuse victims,
By Rachel (rachel171717@yahoo.com) (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Emotionally Abused Woman : Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself (Paperback)
This book helped me to see my situation for what it was--and really opened my eyes. The abuse I was experiencing began as verbal/emotional and escalated into physical. The book was loaned to me by a friend and I cannot put into words how much it helped to read the scenarios that seemed to be exactly what I was going through. Beverly Engel offered step by step help, first explaining the situations, how to identify my role, and how to deal with it. Taking her advice to heart, I am happy to report that I was able to safely leave my abusive relationship and have gone on to help others in the same situation. The book is helpful for all types of abuse, not just emotional. The book is also wonderful to use in conjuction with therapy. Thank you Beverly for being there!!!
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Read this for your own self-esteem.,
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This review is from: The Emotionally Abused Woman : Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself (Paperback)
Engel gives a concise description of what emotional abuse is, and the types of abusers and victims.
She helps to uncover the patterns and reasons for abuse,
ways to recover from it.
Like many women in emotionally abusive relationships, it
was very difficult for me to even see it occurring.
Her book is a constant reminder of how to stop the cycle,
both for me and for my children.
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The emotionally abused woman is a particular type of woman, a woman who has established a pattern of continually being emotionally abused by those she is involved with, whether it be her love or husband, her boss, her friends, her parents, her children, or her siblings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The emotionally abused woman is a particular type of woman, a woman who has established a pattern of continually being emotionally abused by those she is involved with, whether it be her love or husband, her boss, her friends, her parents, her children, or her siblings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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- Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow by Judith Viorst on page 78, and page 125
- Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time by Melody Beattie on page 38, and Back Matter
- The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner in Back Matter
- Codependent No More and Beyond Codependency by Melody Beattie on page 38
- The Courage to Heal - Third Edition - Revised and Expanded: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass in Back Matter
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- You Can Be Free: An Easy-To-Read Handbook for Abused Women by Gina NiCarthy in Back Matter
- Emotional Unavailability : Recognizing It, Understanding It, and Avoiding Its Trap by Bryn Collins in Back Matter
- Helping Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers by Rosalynn Carter in Back Matter
- Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul T. Mason in Back Matter
- A Woman Like You: The Face of Domestic Violence (New Leaf Series) by Vera Anderson in Back Matter
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