Not all abuse is physical. The wounds of emotional abuse may not be visible, but they still leave scars. Whether a stabbing comment or constant putdowns, most people face emotional abuse at some point in their lives, so how can you learn to detect it and stop the cycle of abuse? How can you heal after enduring it? This practical and handy guidebook examines the different descriptions of emotional abuse, and includes stories from people who have found healing in Christ.

Unmasking Emotional Abuse, by notable author and mental health professional Dr. Gregory Jantz, helps readers who have been victims of emotional abuse heal and move forward in Gods truth. It also includes 10 concrete steps to healing. Emotional abuse limits your choices, your value, and your worth. Healing from emotional abuse opens you up to regaining that full life. This book will help get you there, and offers 10 biblically-based steps for healing.

10 Bible-Based Steps to Healing

1. Stepping Out of Blame
2. Granting Forgiveness
3. Reclaiming Personal Power
4. Avoiding Conflicts
5. Addressing Hurts
6. Maintaining Healthy Relationships
7. Healthy Communication
8. Discovering Gifts and Talents
9. Solving Problems
10. Recognizing Progress

As a child of God, you were created to have emotional freedom, a strong sense of self, and a peace that surpasses understanding. Emotional abuse and its false messages keep you from finding and understanding the truth of who you are. The good news is that what others may have sabotaged, God is able to rebuild. Jesus said knowing truth has the power to set you free, and Dr. Gregory Jantz helps you recognize emotional abuse and its effects.

Paperback, 4.5 x 6.5 inches, 112 pages, ISBN 9781628628203.

4 Key Features: Quickly Find the Information You Need for Overcoming Emotional Abuse

Using real-life stories, biblically based suggestions, proven tips, and practical steps that you can take today, Dr. Gregory Jantz will help you detect and heal from emotional abuse. Enjoy having these key features:

• Simple summaries and easy-to-understand explanations
• Practical steps backed by science and by scripture
• Charts that show key information at a glance
• Relatable stories that show you how to apply its truth to your life

Perfect for:

• Group and individual use
• Church library
• To hand to a friend
• Biblical & pastoral counseling
• And more

About the Author: Dr. Gregory L. Jantz is the author of over 30 books, the host of a national radio program, and a regular contributor to Psychology Today. Recognized as a leading authority on family relationships and much more, he appears as an expert on media such as CNN, FOX, ABC, and NBC. Under Dr. Jantzs leadership, "The Center: A Place of HOPE" has been voted in the top 10 facilities for the treatment of depression in the United States.

• Step 1: Open our hearts to God’s power to free us from the grip of unhealthy sexual behaviors. "O God, please strengthen me just one more time." (Judges 16:28)
• Step 2: Allow God to restore our sexual sanity. "Who can bring purity out of an impure person?" (Job 14:4)
• Step 3: Submit to God in order to be freed from the bondage of life-stealing addiction. "If you give up your life for me, you will find it." (Matthew 10:39)
• Step 4: Self-examination leads us out of addiction. "You showed that you have done everything necessary to make things right." (2 Corinthians 7:11)
• Step 5: Experience the healing that begins with mutual confession. "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed." (James 5:16)
• Step 6: Get ready for God to heal us from addictive sexual behaviors. "You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God." (Psalm 51:17)
• Step 7: Invite God to remove our sexual shortcomings. "I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts." (Isaiah 57:15)
• Step 8: Create a list of people our unwise sexual behavior adversely affected. "Now, however, it is time to forgive." (2 Corinthians 2:7)
• Step 9: Restore relationships damaged by our sexual sins and experience a clean slate. "But then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right." (Ezekiel 33:14)
• Step 10: Review daily the defects in us that hinder healthy life with God and others. "So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives." (James 1:21)
• Step 11: Grow closer to God through prayer and meditation. "Teach me how to live, O Lord." (Psalm 27:11)
• Step 12: Bless others with the blessing of healing from habitual sexual sin. "He will give a crown of beauty for ashes." (Isaiah 61:3)

• Step 1: Open our hearts to God’s power to free us from the grip of grief. "Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak." (Psalm 6:2)
• Step 2: Allow God to join us in the powerful emotions of grief. "My heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I wither away." (Isaiah 24:16)
• Step 3: Rest in God’s care and help to take our loss and grief. "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)
• Step 4: Gain a true picture of how God sees us as we grieve. "Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!" (Nehemiah 8:10)
• Step 5: Experience the healing that begins with confession. "But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins." (1 John 1:9)
• Step 6: Get ready for repentance and movement through our grief. "Would you like to get well?" (John 5:6)
• Step 7: Allow God’s Spirit to heal our hearts from grief. "I will comfort those who mourn." (Isaiah 57:18)
• Step 8: Create a list of people our grief may have adversely affected. "Do to others as you would like them to do to you." (Luke 6:31)
• Step 9: Restore relationships damaged by our sins and experience a clean slate. "Go and be reconciled to that person." (Matthew 5:24)
• Step 10: Review daily the defects in us that hinder healthy life with God and others. "Be careful not to fall." (1 Corinthians 10:12)
• Step 11: Grow closer to God through prayer and meditation. "The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him." (Lamentations 3:25)
• Step 12: Bless others with the blessing of healing from grief. "Gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path." (Galatians 6:1)

• Step 1: Open our hearts to God’s power to free us from the grip of food addiction. "We now have this light shining in our hearts." (2 Corinthians 4:7)
• Step 2: Allow God to join us in the powerful emotions behind our eating disorder. "Daughter," he said to her, "your faith has made you well. Go in peace." (Luke 8:48)
• Step 3: Rest in God’s care for every decision and eating habit. "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)
• Step 4: Gain a true picture of how God sees us. "At that moment their eyes were opened." (Genesis 3:7)
• Step 5: Experience the healing that begins with confession. "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed." (James 5:16)
• Step 6: Get ready for repentance from sins expressed in unhealthy eating. "You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God." (Psalm 51:17)
• Step 7: Allow God’s Spirit to fix our food addictions. "For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." (Luke 18:14)
• Step 8: Create a list of people our eating disorders have affected. "Do to others as you would like them to do to you." (Luke 6:31)
• Step 9: Restore relationships damaged by our sins (when possible) and experience a clean slate. "But then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right." (Ezekiel 33:14)
• Step 10: Review daily the defects in us that hinder healthy life with God and others. "Be careful not to fall." (1 Corinthians 10:12)
• Step 11: Grow closer to God through prayer and meditation. "The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him." (Lamentations 3:25)
• Step 12: Bless others with the blessing of healing from eating disorders. "Gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path." (Galatians 6:1)