Setting Yourself Free: Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Abuse in Family, Friendships, Work and Love.(New Book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association,  September, 2002  

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Emotional abuse, like a bad gene, passes from generation to generation in a vicious cycle. It creates sad, angry and fragile children who grow up to perpetuate the cycle as bitter and frustrated adults. But the cycle doesn't stay within the confines of the family; it infects the emotionally abused adults' relationships with every person they know, whether a friend, relative, child, co-worker, boss or lover. The only way to stop poisoning close ties and keep toxic behavior from spreading is to break the cycle.

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