Healing Your Emotional Self

Healing Your Emotional Self
"Emotionally abusive parents are indeed toxic parents, and they
cause significant damage to their children's self-esteem,
self-image, and body image. In this remarkable book, Beverly Engel
shares her powerful Mirror Therapy program for helping adult
survivors to overcome their shame and self-criticism, become more
compassionate and accepting of themselves, and create a more
posititve self-image. I strongly recommend it for anyone who was
abused or neglected as a child."
--Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of Toxic Parents
"In this book, Beverly Engel documents the wide range of
psychological abuses that so many children experience in growing
up. Her case examples and personal accounts are poignant and
powerful reminders that as adults, many of us are still limited by
the defenses we formed when trying to protect ourselves in the face
of the painful circumstances we found ourselves in as children.
Engle's insightful questionnaires and exercises provide concrete
help in the healing process, and her writing style is lively and
engaging. This book is destined to positively affect many
lives."
--Joyce Catlett, M.A., coauthor of Fear of Intimacy
The Emotionally Abusive Relationship
"Beverly Engel clearly and with caring offers step-by-step
strategies to stop emotional abuse . . . helping both victims and
abusers to identify the patterns of this painful and traumatic type
of abuse."
--Marti Tamm Loring, Ph.D., author of Emotional Abuse
Loving Him without Losing You
"A powerful and practical guide to relationships that every woman
should read."
--Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D., author of Are You the One for Me?