The Emotionally Abused Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself (Fawcett Book)

“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

• Encouragements for the Emotionally Abused Woman: Wisdom and Hope for Women at Any Stage of Emotional Abuse Recovery
• Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, and Overcome Your Shame
• Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse
• The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing
• Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
• The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused -- and Start Standing Up for Yourself
• It Wasn't Your Fault: Freeing Yourself from the Shame of Childhood Abuse with the Power of Self-Compassion
• Victory Over Verbal Abuse: A Healing Guide to Renewing Your Spirit and Reclaiming Your Life
• Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That?: Encouragement for Women Involved with Angry and Controlling Men (StyleCity)
• The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition: How to recognize it and how to respond