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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.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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