Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, & Other Toxic People

The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond

Patricia Evans · 200 pages

In The Verbally Abusive Relationship, you'll find validation, understanding, and encouragement for your decision to change the situation. If you or someone you know answers "yes" to one or more of the following questions, this book is required reading:Does your partner seem irritated or angry at you several times a week?Does he deny being angry when he clearly is?Do your attempts to discuss feelin

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

Lundy Bancroft · 418 pages

In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship. He says he loves you. So…why does he do that? You’ve asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the cha

Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

Karyl McBride · 265 pages

"The first book specifically for daughters suffering from the emotional abuse of selfish, self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life for yourself. Drawing on over two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in women's psychology and health, psychotherapist Dr. Karyl McBrid

Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters

Susan Forward, Donna Frazier · 304 pages

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado · 251 pages

A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal

Jen Waite · 386 pages

Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: When Loving Hurts and You Don't Know Why

Susan Forward, Joan Torres · 294 pages

Profiles of men who emotionally abuse women and the women who are attracted to them are accompanied by advice for women who want to improve or terminate misogynistic relationships while increasing their self-respect, courage, and confidence.

Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, and Overcome Your Shame

Beverly Engel · 272 pages

Healing Your Emotional Self "Emotionally abusive parents are indeed toxic parents, and they cause significant damage to their children's self-esteem, self-image, and body image. In this remarkable book, Beverly Engel shares her powerful Mirror Therapy program for helping adult survivors to overcome their shame and self-criticism, become more compassionate and accepting of themselves, and create

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

Pete Walker · 340 pages

No Bad Parts

Richard Schwartz Ph.D., Alanis Morissette · 216 pages

What My Bones Know

Stephanie Foo · 352 pages

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life“Achingly exquisite . . . providing real hope for those who long to heal.”—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to SomeoneONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The

Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change

Robin Norwood · 302 pages

Discusses "loving too much" as a pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors which certain women develop as a reponse to various problems in their family backgrounds.

Good Morning, Monster

Catherine Gildiner · 368 pages

As seen on Good Morning America's SEPTEMBER 2020 READING LIST and FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020!"We need to read stories about folks who have been through hell and kept going... Fascinating." —Glennon Doyle, A Favorite Book of 2020 on Good Morning America"Gildiner is nothing short of masterful—as both a therapist and writer. In these pages, she has gorgeously captured both the privilege of being given ac

Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs

Elissa Wall, Lisa Pulitzer · 438 pages

In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St. George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her first cousin at age fourteen. This harrowing and vivid account proved to be the most compelling evidence against Jeffs, showing the harsh realities of this closed community and the lengths

Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed

Wendy T. Behary · 176 pages

If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

Gregg Olsen · 405 pages

A Stolen Life

Jaycee Dugard · 273 pages

In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother who loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen. For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to use and abuse. For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I survived an impossible

Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting over Narcissistic Parents

Nina W. Brown · 248 pages

"Being a parent is usually all about giving of yourself to foster your child's growth and development. But what happens when this isn't the case? Some parents dismiss the needs of their children, asserting their own instead, demanding attention and reassurance from even very young children. This may especially be the case when a parent has narcissistic tendencies or narcissistic personality disord

No Bad Parts

Richard Schwartz

Emotional Vampires: Dealing with People Who Drain You Dry

Albert J. Bernstein · 242 pages

The author of Dinosaur Brains offers protection from people who seek to destroy the emotional and psychological well-being of others--people with personality disorders. Like the fabled demons, these vampires: think their needs are more important than yours; believe "the rules" apply only to other people; and use their tempers in the same way terrorists use bombs. Emotional Vampires tells readers h

The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family

Eleanor D. Payson · 187 pages

Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy

Francine Shapiro · 352 pages

"A totally accessible user's guide from the creator of a scientifically proven form of psychotherapy for healing ailments ranging from PTSD to minor anxiety and depression. Whether we've experienced small setbacks or major traumas, we are all influenced by memories and experiences we may not remember or don't fully understand. Getting Past Your Past offers practical procedures that demystify the h

Who's Pulling Your Strings? How to Break the Cycle of Manipulation and Regain Control of Your Life

Harriet B. Braiker · 256 pages

Seduced in the Dark

C.J. Roberts · 378 pages