Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse - Softcover

Shannon Thomas LCSW

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9780997829082: Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0997829087 ISBN 13: 9780997829082
Publisher: MAST Publishing House, 2016

Synopsis

Within every community, toxic people can be found hiding in families, couples, companies, and places of worship. The cryptic nature of psychological abuse involves repetitious mind games played by one individual or a group of people. Psychological abuse leaves no bruises. There are no broken bones. There are no holes in the walls. The bruises, brokenness, and holes are held tightly within the target of the abuse. Healing from Hidden Abuse walks the reader through each of the six recovery stages researched and developed by the author. The stages are Despair, Education, Awakening, Boundaries, Restoration, and Maintenance. A guided Personal Reflections journal is included in the back of the book to help the reader go deeper in their application of the six stages of recovery. The journal can be used individually or in a small group setting.

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About the Author

Shannon Thomas, LCSW is the international bestselling author of Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse and Exposing Financial Abuse: When Money is a Weapon, and the owner/lead therapist of an award-winning counseling practice in Southlake, TX. 

Bridging clinical advice with pop culture language, Thomas approaches her counseling work and writing from the lens of a therapist and as a fellow survivor of psychological abuse. Her first book, Healing from Hidden Abuse, is an international bestseller, has been published in multiple languages, and serves as a road map for book studies and host groups in eleven countries and thirty-five states across the United States. Thomas also coined the "Six Stages of Healing from Hidden Abuse" model, which has been met with favorable reviews and high applause from readers and medical professionals across the world.

Thomas has been featured in top media outlets including The Oprah Magazine, Associated Press, Business Insider, Reader's Digest, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Finance, Teen Vogue, Elite Daily, and Bustle.

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Publisher
MAST Publishing House
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0997829087
ISBN 13 
9780997829082
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
284
Rating
  • 4.36 out of 5 stars
    2,897 ratings by Goodreads