by Beverly Engel | Dec 6, 2024 | Blog, Books, Featured
Why You May Be Reenacting Your Trauma, and How to Stop Stop repeating your past, and find lasting healing for the future. Millions of us are desperately trying to rewrite our past by unconsciously repeating it—unknowingly reenacting the traumatic events in our lives...
by Beverly Engel | Apr 5, 2023 | Blog, Featured
Read on Psychology Today For survivors of childhood sexual abuse. KEY POINTS Sexual problems that former victims of sexual abuse experience may include sexual aversion or promiscuity. Realizing that many former victims of child sexual abuse suffer similar sexual...
by Beverly Engel | Nov 17, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Not all abusers are narcissists and not all narcissists are abusers. Posted November 10, 2022 KEY POINTS Symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) include a grandiose sense of self-importance and a need for admiration, among others. Many people with NPD may...
by Beverly Engel | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog, Featured
Part II: Self-kindness can help you get stronger if emotionally abused. Posted October 29, 2021 KEY POINTS Self-kindness is a powerful tool to help heal emotional abuse. People need to take the time to acknowledge how much the abuse has hurt them. Comforting...
by Beverly Engel | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog, Featured
Part 1: How practicing self-compassion can help heal emotional abuse. Posted October 28, 2021 KEY POINTS Self-compassion is a powerful tool for those who experience emotional abuse. Those experiencing emotional abuse seldom offer themselves compassion. Self-compassion...
by Beverly Engel | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog, Featured
An effective shame-reduction program. As I have shared in my previous posts, I believe that shame is the most damaging aspect of emotional abuse, so much so that I designed a shame reduction program for emotional abuse victims. This proprietary program has been highly...
