Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense

"This book is both terrifying and hopeful..." --Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, WGN-AM

We have been incorrectly socialized to believe emotional abuse is not as damaging as physical or sexual abuse. We have been taught emotional abuse itself is nothing more than "hurt feelings" and there is no "real" evidence other than the victim's complaints. The victim of emotional abuse is dismissed precisely because he or she cannot "prove" their feelings. Emotional abuse creates a vicious dynamic where th...