Healing Well and Living Free from an Abusive Relationship: From Victim to Survivor to Overcomer

Dr. Ramona Probasco holds a Doctorate in Psychology and has conducted extensive research in the area of domestic abuse. She is a Marriage and Family Therapist, a Certified Domestic Violence Counselor, and a Nationally Certified Counselor. She has been in private practice for more than twenty years. Dr. Ramona is an expert, sought-after speaker on domestic abuse and how to heal well from the trauma it causes. As a personal overcomer of domestic abuse, she offers guidance and insight to others based upon both her clinical expertise and her own experience. Dr. Ramona lives and works in southern California.

"Domestic violence has been glossed over, set aside, and quite honestly ignored for years. Dr. Ramona is a picture of courage, willing to be vulnerable and transparent through her own painful past in an effort to lift others out of their current dark reality."

---from foreword by Ray McElroy, former NFL player and Chicago Bears chaplain

Are you or someone you love . . .

• Keeping secrets about your relationship because you feel ashamed or fear no one will believe you?
• Isolating yourself from family or friends?
• Permitting yourself to be treated with disrespect, disregard, or disdain?
• Minimizing or making excuses for an intimate partner’s harmful behavior?
• Feeling afraid of your intimate partner?

If you answered “yes” to any of the above, you may be in an abusive relationship.
 
The shocking reality is that one out of every four women in the United States will experience some form of domestic violence in her lifetime. Dr. Ramona is one of those women. It can happen to anyone, regardless of race, education, socioeconomic status, or religion.

Abuse breaks the spirit and leaves wreckage in its path. But it does not have to be the end of the story. Healing well and living free are within reach. In this practical book, Dr. Ramona walks with you on a proven path from victim to survivor to overcomer.

This is a must-read for anyone who is suffering or has suffered abuse at the hands of an intimate partner. There is hope!