Breaking the Cycle of Abuse: How to Move Beyond Your Past to Create an Abuse–Free Future - Couverture rigide

Engel, Beverly

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ISBN 10 : 0471657751 ISBN 13 : 9780471657750

Editeur : Jossey Bass, 2004

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Book by Engel Beverly

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Expert guidance in stopping and recovering from abuse

"We all have the power to break the cycle of abuse. In thisremarkably powerful, wise, and compassionate book, Beverly Engelleads readers step by step through a program that will helpsurvivors of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse in childhood toheal from their wounds so they don′t need to re–enact their abusivepasts. She offers expert advice and strategies to help parents andwould–be parents avoid doing to their children what was done tothem and helps both abusers and victims in emotionally andphysically abusive relationships make vitally important changes intheir relationships."
Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of Toxic Parents and EmotionalBlackmail

"A beacon of hope for women and men who fear that they will passthe abuse they have suffered on to their children, partners, oremployees. Humane and compassionate but also clear and down toearth, this is a wonderful contribution to the literature onhealing."
Lundy Bancroft, author of When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping YourChildren Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse and Why Does He DoThat?

PRAISE FOR BEVERLY ENGEL′S OTHER BOOKS

The Emotionally Abusive Relationship

"Beverly Engel clearly and with caring offers step–by–stepstrategies to stop emotional abuse . . . helping both victims andabusers to identify the patterns of this painful and traumatic typeof abuse."
Marti Tamm Loring, Ph.D., author of Emotional Abuse andcoeditor of Journal of Emotional Abuse

Loving Him without Losing You

"A powerful and practical guide to relationships that everywoman should read."
Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D., author of Are You the One forMe?

Honor Your Anger

"A clearly written, insightful look at a topic that concernseveryone. You can indeed learn to understand and manage your anger,and this book will show you how."
Robert Epstein, Ph.D., West Coast editor, Psychology Today,and university research professor, California School ofProfessional Psychology

Revue de presse :

According to Engel, "in the past twenty–five years studies on abuse and family assaults strongly suggest that abused children become abusers themselves," yet victims often don′t receive any treatment until their repetition of the abuse is already underway. In this clear, empathetic self–help book, Engel aims to stop that cycle by teaching readers to remember the past truthfully, to identify and manage their emotions, and to recognize the characteristics of abusive relationships. An experienced psychotherapist and prolific author (The Emotionally Abused Woman; Loving Him without Losing You, etc.), Engel is also an abuse survivor herself. Her attitude towards her readers is gentle and understanding; she clearly knows firsthand how difficult victim and abuser patterns are to break. Readers are expected to perform a good deal of homework aiming at self–discovery: answering simple questions, writing down their memories, tracing family patterns, etc. Some may argue that Engel presents the most crucial advice––what to do if you′ve already become abusive––too late in volume, by which point an abuser may have dropped the book. But the middle chapters––on shame and its manifestations, on anger, sorrow and fear––are some of the best, especially when Engel delves into the effects of physical, sexual and emotional abuse on children. Though she deals thoroughly with the psychology of victims, Engel concentrates far more than in her earlier books on trying to reach violent and sexual offenders. Violation begets violation, she says. Parental attitudes and behavior, be they cruel, indifferent or supportive, are passed on to later generations. This book is an excellent choice for readers who come from an abusive past and are struggling to make a brighter future for themselves and their families. ( Publishers Weekly Annex on–line, November 15, 2004)

" an excellent choice for readers who come from an abusive past and are struggling to make a brighter future." ( Publishers Weekly Annex on–line, November 15, 2004)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Jossey Bass
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0471657751
• ISBN 13: 9780471657750
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288