Weber also depicts the typical stages of abuse-the explosions followed by resolutions, promises to change, and apologies, which quickly build tension toward the next, potentially bigger, explosion. One of the guide’s most helpful features is a list the author provides of instances, behaviors, and scenarios that show various forms of abuse, whether sexual, physical, verbal, emotional, or even financial. People often deny that abuse is happening, Weber explains, because of fear of physical violence or losing resources, an inability to accept that another’s behavior is profoundly unhealthy, or many other reasons. Weber ably shows the ways abuse may be revealed, stopped, and put in the past with healing and reflection.ĭebut author and psychologist Weber understands abusive relationships, having worked as a therapist in prisons, courts, and private practice for decades.
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