Are you looking to learn more about abuse and recovery? Check out some of these books ARO recommends for further study:

1. You Can Thrive After Narcissistic Abuse: The #1 System for Recovering from Toxic Relationships by Melanie Tonia Evans
Evans, who was abused by her former husband for over five years, writes on recognizing abusive relationships, removing oneself from abusive situations, identifying and changing subconscious manipulation, and empowering oneself.

2. It’s Just Your Imagination: Growing Up with a Narcissistic Mother – Insights of a Personal Journey by Revital Shiri-Horowitz
Shiri-Horowitz shares her experiences growing up with a mother who put herself first in every situation. She also recounts instances of gaslighting where her mother would persuade her to think that the abusive and manipulative behavior she perceived only existed in her “imagination.”

3. Exposing Financial Abuse: When Money is a Weapon by Shannon Thomas
Thomas, a trauma therapist and survivor of abuse, defines financial abuse by allowing readers to see into the lives of those who have been financially harmed.

4. The Sexual Trauma Workbook for Teen Girls: A Guide to Recovery from Sexual Assault and Abuse by Raychelle Cassada Lohmann and Sheela Raja
Lohmann and Raja offer real-life stories from teen survivors of trauma and evidence-based strategies and exercises to help those who have been abused overcome their trauma.

5. Emotional Abuse Breakthrough: How to Speak Up, Set Boundaries, and Break the Cycle of Manipulation and Control with Your Abusive Partner by Barrie Davenport
Davenport shows readers how to restore shattered selves after abuse, establish non-negotiable boundaries, protect children from emotional abusers, and establish healthy baselines for new intimate relationships.

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