The Emotionally Abused Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself

10 best books like The Emotionally Abused Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself (Beverly Engel): The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship into the Beginning of a New Life, The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond, Secret Survivors, The Fear Book: Facing Fear Once and for All, The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms, A Mood Apart: The Thinker's Guide to Emotion and Its Disorders, Finding Your Way Home - Soul Survival Kit - Tools For Discovering Your Emotional And Spiritual Power, How to Break Your Addiction to a Person, Emotional Unavailability, Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred

The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship into the Beginning of a New Life

Author	Susan Anderson
ISBN	0425172287

Like Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's groundbreaking On Death and Dying , Susan Anderson's book clearly defines the five phases of a different kind of grieving--grieving over a lost relationship. An experienced professional who has specialized in helping people with loss, heartbreak, and abandonment...

The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond

Author	Patricia Evans
ISBN	1558505822

In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. You'll get more of the answers you need to recognize abuse when it happens, respond to abusers safely and appropriately, and most important,...

Secret Survivors

Author	E. Sue Blume
ISBN	0345369793

"A resource of excellent caliber...Highly recommended for those who suspect that they are unconscious survivors of abuse and especially for therapists to dig into the darkest shadow part of human existence."
ELIZABETH KUBLER-ROSS, M.D.
SECRET SURVIVORS is the first book to expand the...

The Fear Book: Facing Fear Once and for All

Author	Cheri Huber
ISBN	0963625519

Rather than explaining typical strategies for overcoming fear, this book focuses on examining how fear is experience, how to recognize that experience as nothing more than conditioned reaction to circumstance, and how to mentor oneself into letting go of beliefs about "appropriate" responses...

The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms

Author	Mary Beth Williams
ISBN	1608827038

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an extremely debilitating anxiety condition that can occur after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal. Although many know that this mental health issue affects veterans of war, many may not know that it also affects victims of domestic violence, sexual...

A Mood Apart: The Thinker's Guide to Emotion and Its Disorders

Author

Peter C. Whybrow

"A compassionate exploration of depression and manic-depression."
-- Forecast


"The most thorough and wide-ranging discussion for lay readers about the interplay of the physical and emotional elements of depression and manic-depression... His presentation is illuminating,...

Finding Your Way Home - Soul Survival Kit - Tools For Discovering Your Emotional And Spiritual Power

Author	Melody Beattie
ISBN	0062511181

What does it mean to feel at home, truly present with ourselves, comfortable with our choices, and alive to the possibilities of conscious change? How can we develop inner balance and connection, keeping our boundaries clear while opening our hearts to those we love? With practical wisdom and insight,...

How to Break Your Addiction to a Person

Author	Howard M. Halpern
ISBN	0553382497

Are you in love - or addicted? How to know when to call it quits...and how to find the courage to call it quits. Are you unable to leave a love relationship even though it gives you more pain than joy? Your judgment and self-respect tell you to end it, but still, to your dismay, you hang on. You are addicted -...

Emotional Unavailability

Author	Bryn C. Collins
ISBN	0809229145

Psychologist Bryn Collins opens up the discussion about life with emotionally unavailable partners. She begins by unequivocally stating that you are not the problem. Collins uses solution-focused skills to help you identify, cope with, and change these painful associations and teaches you how...

Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred

Author	Patrick J. Carnes
ISBN	1568381441

A first-time examination of sexual anorexia, an extreme fear of sexual intimacy and obsessive avoidance of sex, by the acknowledged leader in the treatment of compulsive sexual behavior and recovery.

Author Dr. Patrick Carnes begins by defining sexual anorexia and demonstrating how it...

Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse

Author	Gregory L. Jantz
ISBN	0800758714

Personal Response: The book, Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse , was a very good book. I rated this book four out of five stars because it had a lot of personal experiences in it. It was very touching and very relatable in my life. I read this book for one of my classes and I am glad that I did. It was a very...

The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Living with BPD

Author	Alexander L. Chapman
ISBN	1572245077

If you or someone you love is struggling with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you need up-to-date, accurate, and accessible information on the problems you’re facing and where you can turn for help. But where do you look? Much of the professional literature on BPD is too technical and confusing...

Talk to Me Like I'm Someone You Love: Relationship Repair in a Flash

Author	Nancy Dreyfus
ISBN	1585427705

The most crucial relationship advice book since Men Are from Mars." - Erin Meanley, Glamour.com


A groundbreaking, interactive relationship tool that literally places in the hands of couples the power to transform chronically frustrating relationship dynamics.

We've all...

Beginning to Heal

Author	Ellen Bass
ISBN	0061092460

I read this book as a counselor who sees many clients with histories of sexual abuse. Beginning to Heal is a small book that is great for anyone who has experienced abuse, or for those who are the support for a victim. The authors explain the process of healing, offer hope to those who feel hopeless, and show...

I Never Called It Rape

Author	Robin Warshaw
ISBN	0060925728

Robin Warshaw clearly outlines date/acquaintance rape in this book, funded by the Center for Antisocial and Violent Behavior of the National Institute of Mental Health and executed under the banner of Ms. Magazine. While a bit dated (published first in 1988), this book captures the emergence of date/acquaintance...

Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms Stickers

Author	Terry Matlen
ISBN	1886941599

Women with AD/HD tormented by the daily chores and decisions needed to survive in a world of linear thinking will find solace in this self-help guide. Offering a collection of practical solutions to seemingly simple daily problems, this book will help to relieve the guilt and anxiety so many women have...

The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Author	Katharine A. Phillips
ISBN	0195167198

In a world obsessed with appearances, it is not surprising that body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, has manifested itself as a troubling and relatively common problem for many individuals. In The Broken Mirror, the first and most definitive book on BDD, Dr. Katharine Phillips draws on years of clinical...

Stuffed: An Insider's Look at Who's (Really) Making America Fat

Author	Hank Cardello
ISBN	0061363863

It was his job to keep you eating.
It was his job to keep you drinking.
It was his job to keep you buying.
Unfortunately for you, he was good at it.

For more than thirty years, Hank Cardello was an executive and adviser to some of the largest food and beverage corporations in the world....

Conscious Living: Finding Joy in the Real World

Author	Gay Hendricks
ISBN	0062514873

In his bestselling book Conscious Living, pioneering therapist Gay Hendricks taught couples how to find balance and happiness in relationships.Now he gives us Conscious Living, a practical guide for the individual that brings new insights into a fundamental truth of daily truth of daily life. Five...

I'm Fine with God... It's Christians I Can't Stand: Getting Past the Religious Garbage in the Search for Spiritual Truth

Author	Bruce Bickel
ISBN	0736921974

Many non-Christians find the behavior of some Christians off-putting rather than inviting. Many Christians do too! Now Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz, authors of "Knowing the Bible 101, " take an unflinchingly honest and often humorous look at some believers' outlandish behavior. This candid assessment...

Worthless: The Indispensible Guide to Choosing the Right Major

Author	Aaron Clarey
ISBN	1467978302

"Worthless" is the single most important book young men and women can read before they attend college. While teachers, guidance counselors and even parents are afraid to tell you the truth in an effort to spare your feelings, "Worthless" delivers a blunt and real-world assessment about the economic...

You'd Be So Pretty If . . .: Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies--Even When We Don't Love Our Own

Author

Dara Chadwick

From You’d Be So Pretty If...
I grew up listening to my mom bemoan everything from the size of her thighs to the shape of her eyes. So you can imagine my dismay the first time someone exclaimed, “You look just like your mother!”Every mom wants her daughter to feel confident in her own skin, but...

Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop

Author	Cynthia M. Bulik
ISBN	0802717101

February 2007, a landmark clinical study by researchers at Harvard University was published in Biological Psychiatry and was soon picked up widely by the media. A survey of 3,000 participants found that 2.8 percent of them suffered from binge eating disorder (BED); that women were twice as likely...

How to Be Totally Miserable

Author	John Bytheway
ISBN	1570087245

Some people are experts at feeling rotten. No matter what happens, they can always find a cloud attached to their silver lining. How do they do that? How do miserable people get that way? This book has the answers! With surefire suggestions like "Recycle regrets," Take counsel from your fears," "Relive...