The first book is "The Verbally Abusive Relationship" and I could not put it down. Unfortunately, I'm not referring to a spouse (I had a good relationship, and still do, despite the fact that I'm not married anymore) but my ex therapist.
I learned that I'm not crazy, but my goal is to liberate myself from this experience, make it a lesson, make sure that I do not ever treat another human being the way I was treated, and develop more compassion. Including forgiveness, but that may take a while.
It was so liberating to discover that assigning "blame" where it is due can be appropriate, and is the first step in releasing oneself from "victimhood".
I will never let this happen again. The buck stops here!!
Anyone else read these books? Staring on the second one now... "Victory Over Verbal Abuse".
BTW I recently talked to a new T.. I discovered that she has all the books on her shelf. I started reading the first one, and she recommend all of them.
