The Emotionally Abused Woman : Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself
The Emotionally Abused Woman : Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself
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.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars good book
You’ll learn a lot from this book. Makes you think about things a little differently.
5 Stars This Author’s Books Are A Do Not Miss
If you or a loved one is suffering from an inability to identify they are in an abusive relationship, this is a “do not miss” read. All of this author’s books are excellent to help empower an individual to take her/his power back from a controlling and/or abusive person. I recommend it/them to my clients.
5 Stars if you feel badly about yourself, read this book
… it might give you some clarity about why you feel bad about yourself when you haven’t been able to quite label it yet!
I recognized so much of myself in there. There are parts that do not pertain to me, so I just skipped over them, no biggie (for example, I did not have an abusive childhood). But extremely helpful: especially part four about healing and moving on with recovery. This was very helpful since I had moved out of my abusive relationship. I’m added the Encouragement book to my wish list.
5 Stars changed my life
I can’t believe I have waited most of my life to read this book. It has changed my perspective on my marriage, my job and the way I’m raising my child.
2 Stars Fix the abuser not the abused
There is nothing wrong with you for still loving someone who is abusive. Emotional abuse is not the victims fault. You can help your abusive partners narcissism by forming a support network and limiting their abusive behaviour. If I had followed the advice in this book I would have lost my family. My husband is better now. Get a different opinion from someone who saved her marriage and didn’t take years to heal. [...]
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