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The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It, Stopping It, Surviving It

By: Leslie Vernick

Harvest House Publishers / 2007 / Paperback

5 out of 5 stars (22 Reviews)

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Author Leslie Vernick is a licensed clinical social worker. In The Emotionally Destructive Relationship she addresses the devastating damage that can be done through emotional and verbal abuse and offers a biblical based hope for stopping it. Learn how to recognize abuse, stop it, and survive its impact on your life by embracing God's freedom.

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Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 250
Vendor: Harvest House Publishers
Publication Date: 2007

Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 (inches)
ISBN: 0736918973
ISBN-13: 9780736918978
Availability: In Stock

Publisher's Description

Leslie Vernick, counselor and social worker, has witnessed the devastating effects of emotional abuse. Many, including many in the church, have not addressed this form of destruction in families and relationships because it is difficult to talk about. With godly guidance and practical experience, Vernick offers an empathetic approach to recognizing an emotionally destructive relationship and addresses the symptoms and the damage with biblical tools. Readers will understand how to:

Reveal behaviors that are meant to control, punish, and hurt
Confront and speak truth when the timing is right
Determine when to keep trying, when to get out
Get safe and stay safe
Build an identity in Christ

This practical and thorough resource will help countless individuals, families, and churches view abuse from God's perspective and understand how vital it is for victims to embrace His freedom from the physical, emotional, spiritual, and generational effects of emotionally destructive relationships.

Author Bio

Leslie Vernick, a licensed clinical social worker with a private counseling practice, has authored numerous books, including The Emotionally Destructive Relationship and Lord, I Just Want to Be Happy. She completed postgraduate work in biblical counseling and cognitive therapy. Leslie and her husband, Howard, have been married more than 30 years and have two grown children.

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The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It, Stopping It, Surviving It 5 5 22 22

Eye Opening It has opened my eyes and helped me to understand what is considered unacceptable. They say hind sight is 20/20. The relationship is now over but it is now time for healing and this helps to put it into perspective. March 13, 2013

This book is wonderfully written and very helpful! I would and did recommend this to many friends whom I think would benefit from this wonderfully written and helpful book! Leslie Vernick is an awesome Christian writer! I refer to this book and the scriptures she references to over and over! This book has inspired me to do the right things in my emotionally destructive relationship! Thank you Leslie! March 25, 2013

This book ranks #1 on this topic! This book is the best I've read on the topic of abusive relationships. Leslie Vernick explains the importance of identifying (seeing) the damage caused by seven destructive themes (motivations) of the heart: pride, anger, envy, selfishness, laziness, evil and fear. Then she goes on to share how an emotionally abused victim (usually a woman) can stop the destruction through the choices she makes in how she responds to each situation. In the middle of the book, Vernick includes a section on "Understanding Biblical Authority, Headship, and Submission," exclaiming that "when a husband bullies his wife, his behavior does not describe biblical headship, nor is her forced 'submission' characteristic of biblical submission." She goes on to say that "Jesus cautions those in positions of authority - parents, husbands, pastors, and elders - not to misuse those God-ordained positions for self-centered purposes." In the concluding section of the book, Vernick shares how one can survive an emotionally destructive relationship. After reading this book without putting it down, I purchased another one to give to a friend, and I will have a supply on hand to provide for other women that come to me for godly wisdom on how they can respond to this silent epidemic that is sweeping our nation today - domestic abuse - that most often begins with a few unkind words and develops into full blown emotional destruction and other forms of abuse. If you suspect a relative or friend is living in an abusive situation, please buy them this book and give it to them in the absence of their spouse or abuser. December 28, 2012

Life Changing This book literally provided an overnight miracle for my marriage. We had been at the brink of falling apart and were desperate. I had purchased this ebook for myself but my husband, without my knowing, stayed up all night to read it cover to cover after we'd had an intense argument. He said the next morning that he couldn't put it down. It resonated so deeply with him and opened his eyes to the dysfunction in our relationship that had caused years of pain and damage. We still have a lot to work through, individually and together, but we have hope and clarity we've never had. I in awe that after 20 years of living in a destructive cycle that God lead us to this $10 book and changed it all overnight. I am so thankful for Leslie Vernick's ministry and for God's powerful truth to lift us from despair. This book applies to ALL relationships, not just marriage, and is an incredible eye-opener to all dysfunctional habits in dealing with other people. It gives the abuser the straight talk they need to hear and the victim the power to stop the behavior, all backed by scripture. I honestly don't think there is any human that wouldn't benefit from reading this. February 27, 2012