Audiobooks by Beverly Engel

Freedom at Last: Healing the Shame of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Childhood sexual abuse (or child sexual abuse/CSA) is not only an assault on the body—it is an assault on the mind and on the spirit. It is an insult to the victim’s integrity, her self-esteem, his very being. Besides imposing a significantly higher risk of conditions like depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sexual exploitation, intimate partner violence, suicidality, substance abuse, and learning & educational difficulties, the most devastating consequence of childhood sexual abuse is shame. Freedom at Last will help victims of this form of abuse recover from all aspects of this extreme shame and its damaging after-effects. Not only does shame from CSA cause a multitude of problems, but this very same shame stands in the way of a victim’s ability to recover and heal. Victims often struggle with shame’s correlation with dissociation, difficulty forming relationships, emotional barriers to disclosing abuse and seeking help, and a lasting negative effect on victim’s sense of self.

Beverly Engel (Author), Senn Annis (Narrator)

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When Your Partner Has an Addiction: How Compassion Can Transform Your Relationship (and Heal You Bot

We've been told that staying with a partner who struggles with addiction-whether it be with drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors-means that we're enabling their destructive behavior. That wanting to help them means we're codependent, and that the best thing for both of us is to walk away from the relationship entirely. But is that true? Together, addiction activist and bestselling author Christopher Kennedy Lawford and psychotherapist Beverly Engel, MFT, take a fresh look at addiction and codependency-the latest research on what causes them and what the two have in common. Rather than treat addiction or codependency as disease or weakness, When Your Partner Has an Addiction honors the trauma and shame that often lie at their source and shows you how to use your love to combat that shame, allowing you to more effectively support your partner and heal yourself. The research proves that, while you cannot 'fix' your partner, you can have a positive impact on their recovery. Whether you suffer from codependency, and whether your partner is already in recovery, When Your Partner Has an Addiction provides you with proven techniques and strategies to drastically improve your relationship and help get your partner the help he needs-without leaving and while taking care of yourself in the process.

Beverly Engel, Christopher Kennedy Lawford (Author), Lee Goettl (Narrator)

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The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused -- and Start Standing Up for Yourself

In this groundbreaking book, Engel helps women confront the beliefs and behaviors that keep them stuck in their Nice Girl act while replacing them with healthier, more empowering ones. CONTENTS PART I. STRONG WOMEN ARENT NICE Chapter 1: The High Price of Being Too Nice: The 7 Types of Nice Girls Chapter 2: How Did We Get So Nice? Chapter 3: The Ten False Beliefs That Set Women Up to Be Used and Abused PART II. FROM FALSE BELIEFS TO EMPOWERING BELIEFS Chapter 4: Stop Putting Others Needs and Feelings Ahead of Your Own Chapter 5: Stop Believing that Being Nice Will Protect You Chapter 6: Stop Worrying About What Other People Think of You Chapter 7: Stop Trying to Be Perfect Chapter 8: Stop Being Gullible and Naïve Chapter 9: Start Standing Up For Your Rights Chapter 10: Start Expressing Your Anger Chapter 11: Learn to Handle Conflict Chapter 12: Start Facing the Truth About People Chapter 13: Start Supporting and Protecting Yourself PART III. FROM NICE GIRLS TO STRONG WOMEN Chapter 14: The Four Cs: Confidence, Competence, Conviction, and Courage References Index

Beverly Engel (Author), Emily Durante (Narrator)

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The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing

Beverly Engel (Author), Deanna Hurst (Narrator)

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Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner

Beverly Engel (Author), Vanessa Hart (Narrator)

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Loving Him without Losing You: How to Stop Disappearing and Start Being Yourself

Are you a Disappearing Woman? Do you frequently find yourself putting your lover's needs ahead of your own? Do you tend to lose yourself in your romantic relationships? Have you ever neglected your career, your friends, or even your health while in the midst of a love affair? Now, in this landmark book, Beverly Engel examines the intricate reasons why so many women submerge themselves in their relationships with men-and offers a straightforward, empowering program that you can use to free yourself from the powerful grip of this all-too-common problem and rediscover yourself as a Woman of Substance.

Beverly Engel (Author), Lessa Lamb (Narrator)

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It Wasn't Your Fault

Shame is one of the most destructive of human emotions. If you’ve suffered childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, you may experience such debilitating shame, self-criticism, and self-doubt that you are left feeling damaged or unlovable. In order to begin healing, it’s important for you to stop blaming yourself for the abuse—and for the ways you have reacted to it. In this powerful audiobook, therapist and childhood abuse recovery expert Beverly Engel presents a breakthrough therapeutic program based on self-compassion to help you heal your shame and begin seeing yourself in a more realistic and positive way. By following the step-by-step exercises in this audiobook, you’ll learn how to cultivate understanding, forgiveness, acceptance, kindness, and encouragement toward yourself. If you are ready to focus on your strengths, your courage, and your extraordinary ability to survive, this audiobook will help you finally replace feelings of shame with new feelings of pride. "With uncommon clarity and kindness, the author speaks directly to the invisible heart of childhood abuse—shame.… It is an artful distillation of self-compassion theory, research, and practice for those who have suffered long enough. I can’t recommend it highly enough." —CHRISTOPHER GERMER, PHD, clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

Beverly Engel (Author), Kate Rudd (Narrator)

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