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The Emotionally Destructive Marriage: How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope

Self-Help

Vernick, Leslie

Relationships

WaterBrook

Experience the Blessings of an Imperfect Marriage. We all–at one time or another–have the opportunity to act right when our spouse acts wrong. There are no perfect marriages or perfect spouses. We know that having a good marriage requires effort and hard work. Yet we often don’t know how to continue to love when we are angry, hurt, scared, or just plain irritated. Nor are we sure what that kind of love is supposed to look like. Should we be patient? Forgive and forget? Do something else entirely? Acting right when your spouse acts wrong will not necessarily guarantee a more satisfying marital relationship, nor will it automatically make your spouse change his or her ways–although both could occur. It will, however, help you see how God is stretching you in the midst of your marital difficulties, teach you to respond wisely when wronged, and lead you into a deeper relationship with Christ as you yield your will to his plan for your life and learn to be more like him.

How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong

Something Has to Change… You can’t put it into words, but something is happening to you. Your stomach churns, your heart aches, and the tension in your marriage is making you feel weary and a little crazy. The constant criticism, disrespect, cruelty, deceit, and gross indifference are eroding your confidence and breaking your spirit. For any woman caught in an emotionally destructive marriage, Leslie Vernick offers a personalized path forward. Based on decades of counseling experience, her intensely practical, biblical advice will show you how to establish boundaries and break free from emotional abuse. Learn to: · identify damaging behaviors · gain the skills to respond wisely · promote healthy change · stay safe · understand when, why, and even how to leave · recognize that God sees and hates what is happening to you Trying harder to be a perfect fantasy wife won’t help fix what’s wrong your marriage. Discover instead how you can initiate effective changes to stop the cycle of destruction and restore hope for the future. “Women in an emotionally abusive marriage do not need another book on how to have a good marriage; those books rub salt in raw wounds. No, they desperately need this book so that they can diagnose just how bad their marriage is and then, with Leslie’s clear expertise, develop a plan that will either begin to turn their marriage around...or give them a wise route of escape.” —Dee Brestin, author of Idol Lies and The Friendships of Women

One in five women will experience clinical depression in her lifetime. Christian counselor Leslie Vernick offers words of hope and encouragement as she helps women understand the symptoms of depression, what causes depression, and what steps they can take not only to get better but to grow stronger. Employing godly wisdom and surprising insights, Leslie addresses the following: <ul>
<li>Depression is revealing something about you. Listen to it.</li> <li>Growth takes time and practice.</li> <li>Things are not hopeless, you are not helpless, and you are not worthless.</li> </ul>
Getting over the Blues is a timely resource for women battling depression and the men and women who love them and want to understand what they are going through.

Getting Over the Blues: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Depression

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Harvest House Publishers

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

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

Counselor and author Leslie Vernick has discovered that many people pray, “Lord, I just want to be happy!” With candor, Leslie reveals that readers don’t need new circumstances but a new perspective to discover true happiness. With biblical insight, Leslie guides readers to take simple steps as they…
<ul>
<li>recognize and change habits that, day by day, keep them from experiencing happiness</li>
<li>make good choices and learn from mistakes without beating themselves up</li>
<li>develop the skills that enable them to let go of negative and painful emotions more quickly</li>
<li>transform difficult circumstances so they can live with gratitude, joy, and purpose</li>
</ul>
Application questions help readers work godly thinking, as well as healthy skills and habits, into their lives and hearts. They’ll discover that, even if nothing changes in their circumstances, their inner chains can be broken and they can go free…into a new path of real hope and happiness.

Lord, I Just Want to Be Happy

Happiness

"Leslie Vernick is a wise counselor... She is an experienced and thorough trainer who shares clearly and practically the necessary steps for getting into shape spiritually, emotionally, and physically in order to contend with depression. This is a wonderful, comprehensive guide..." --Cynthia Heald, international speaker and author
One in five women will experience clinical depression in her lifetime. Christian counselor and author Leslie Vernick offers words of hope and encouragement as she helps women understand the symptoms of depression, what causes depression, and what steps they can take to get better and grow stronger. Employing godly wisdom and surprising insights, Leslie shares on vital topics, such as these:
<ul>
<li>Depression is revealing something about you. Listen to it.</li>
<li>Growth takes time and practice.</li>
<li>Things are not hopeless; you are not helpless; and you are not worthless.</li>
</ul>
Defeating Depression is a timely resource for women battling depression or for family and friends who love them and want to understand what they are going through.
Formerly titled Getting Over the Blues

Defeating Depression: Real Hope for Life-Changing Wholeness

Es posible alcanzar un cambio ms profundo y permanente de corazn? Descubre el principio que puede transformar tu vida. // Is it possible to achieve a deeper, more permanent change of heart? Discover the principle that could transform your life.

Como vivir cuando todo se viene abajo/How to Live Right When Your Life Goes Wrong (Spanish Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Editorial Unilit

Como vivir en un mundo egoista/How to find selfless joy in a me-first world (Spanish Edition)

Personal Transformation

Experience the blessings of an imperfect marriage. We all-at one time or another-have the opportunity to act right when our spouse acts wrong. There are no perfect marriages or perfect spouses. We know that having a good marriage requires effort and hard work. Yet we often don't know how to continue to love when we are angry, hurt, scared, or just plain irritated. Nor are we sure what that kind of love is supposed to look like. Should we be patient? Forgive and forget? Do something else entirely? Acting right when your spouse acts wrong will not necessarily guarantee a more satisfying marital relationship, nor will it automatically make your spouse change his or her ways-although both could occur. It will, however, help you see how God is stretching you in the midst of your marital difficulties, teach you to respond wisely when wronged, and lead you into a deeper relationship with Christ as you yield your will to his plan for your life and learn to be more like him.

Parenting & Relationships

Tantor Media, Inc.

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Books by Vernick, Leslie

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The Emotionally Destructive Marriage: How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope

How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong

The Emotionally Destructive Marriage: How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope

Getting Over the Blues: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Depression

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

Lord, I Just Want to Be Happy

Defeating Depression: Real Hope for Life-Changing Wholeness

Como vivir cuando todo se viene abajo/How to Live Right When Your Life Goes Wrong (Spanish Edition)

Como vivir en un mundo egoista/How to find selfless joy in a me-first world (Spanish Edition)

How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong