A central focus is how early neglect and abuse created deep-seated shame, making her feel "unlovable and rotten inside".
Later chapters explore her professional success and her eventual ability to view her mother with compassion rather than just fear or anger. Professional Impact Raising Myself: A Memoir of Neglect, Shame, and...
Engel used her personal history to inform her thirty-year career as a therapist specializing in abuse recovery. According to Simon & Schuster , she has written over twenty self-help books, including The Emotionally Abused Woman and It Wasn’t Your Fault . A central focus is how early neglect and
described it as a "gut-wrenching, cleareyed coming-of-age memoir" with clean writing that serves the heavy subject matter. According to Simon & Schuster , she has
is a raw, candid memoir by Beverly Engel , an internationally recognized psychotherapist and expert on abuse recovery. Published in 2018, the book chronicles her traumatic childhood and her ultimate journey toward healing and self-reinvention. Core Narrative and Themes
