TY - BOOK AU - Engel,Beverly TI - The emotionally abusive relationship: how to stop being abused and how to stop abusing SN - 0471212970 PY - 2002/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Psychological abuse KW - Popular works N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 257) and index; Pt. 1. Identifying and understanding emotional abuse. Emotional abuse-the destroyer of relationships. Patterns of abuse. Not all emotionally abusive relationships are alike. Patterns that begin in childhood: why we abuse and why we take it -- Pt 2. Stopping the abuse. Action steps for those being abused. Action steps for the abusive partner. Action steps for the abusive couple. When your partner has a personality disorder. When your abusiveness stems from your personality disorder -- Pt. 3. Where do you go from here? Should you stay or should you leave? Preventing emotional abuse in the future -- Continuing to recover ER -