<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Psychologically abused children."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Psychologically abused children."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/skokielibrary/rss/search?query=%22Psychologically%20abused%20children.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:04:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Running on Empty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you sometimes feel as if you're just going through the motions in life? Are you good at looking and acting as if you're fine, but secretly feel lonely and disconnected? If so, you are not alone. The world is full of people who have an innate sense that something is wrong with them. Who feel they live on the outside looking in, but have no explanation for their feeling and no way to put it into words. If you are one of these people, you may fear that you are not connected enough to your spouse, or that you don't feel pleasure or love as profoundly as others do. You may drink too much, or eat too much, or risk too much, in an attempt to feel something good. Running on Empty will give you clear strategies for how to heal, and offers a special chapter for mental health professionals. In the world of human suffering, this book is an Emotional Smart Bomb meant to eradicate the effects of an invisible enemy.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2850917</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2850917</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Webb, Jonice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2850917133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Overcome your Childhood Emotional Neglect</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781494593162/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running on Empty]]></title><description><![CDATA[A large segment of the population struggles with feelings of being detached from themselves and their loved ones. They feel flawed, and blame themselves. Running on Empty will help them realize that they're suffering not because of something that happened to them in childhood, but because of something that didn't happen. It's the white space in their family picture, the background rather than the foreground. This will be the first self-help book to bring this invisible force to light, educate people about it, and teach them how to overcome it.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3421851</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3421851</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Webb, Jonice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3421851133</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781614482437/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Les pénitences]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jules rend visite à son père, Denis, un vieux punk imprévisible, afin de lui remettre une énigmatique petite boîte. Après un silence de dix ans, leurs retrouvailles s'orchestrent autour d'un spaghetti bien arrosé. Mais Denis veut dicter les règles du jeu et la tension monte, dévoilant les raisons de ce huis clos qui vire bientt au cauchemar. Portée par les chansons de The Cure, parmi les flaques d'urine et les débris de la télévision, Jules mettra le point final à ce crescendo de violence qui la révélera tantt victime, tantt bourreau. Entre cruauté et nostalgie, Les pénitences ressuscite l'enfance de deux fillettes sous la coupe d'un adulte dangereux aux lois arbitraires. Ce thriller à la prose fiévreuse, o le détail inquiétant et la menace imminente pulsent dans la lueur lavande des enregistrements VHS, montre les ramifications mentales, émotives et sexuelles des relations abusives et de la pauvreté.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3275424</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3275424</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[fre]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Viens, Alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3275424133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle/><language>fre</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9782982035164/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Narcissistic Fathers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you think your father might be toxic? Still struggling from the effects of a narcissistic or psychopathically abusive relationship? As a child: - You felt like you were never good enough - Your father seemed wrapped up in themselves and their life - Your father didn't seem to care about your feelings - Your father was very controlling and manipulative - You were made to feel bad or wrong if you got upset - Your needs weren't met As an adult: - You still feel like you are not good enough - You feel confused, anxious, sad in your relationship with your father - Your father puts you down, and never celebrates your achievements - You sometimes doubt your perception of events, and feel like you are going crazy - You struggle to make decisions and have difficulty trusting your gut instinct or intuition - Your father is very critical, manipulative, controlling and tells lies - They still don't seem to care about your feelings or your needs - You feel like you are the one parenting them This Book is for you if you have been in a toxic relationship with your parent and you just want to make sense of it and make some changes. Maybe you have tried to talk to your father or friends about your relationship, but they don't understand either and they may even tell you that it couldn't have been that bad. I can't promise you that reading to this book is going to be a "total cure", but I can promise that if you APPLY YOURSELF DILLIGENTLY, take notes, read and re-read the chapters, follow all instructions to the letter, with a tenacious resolve to get better you will feel an instant decrease in anxiety within the first 24 hours and should see huge improvements within the first 3 days.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3308894</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3308894</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Covert, Theresa J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3308894133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798868655425/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will the Drama Ever End?]]></title><description><![CDATA["Acclaimed family therapist and author of the classic bestseller Will I Ever Be Good Enough? presents a comprehensive and actionable guide to understanding and healing from narcissistic family abuse. A pioneer on the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse, Karyl McBride, PhD, has the answer for anyone desperate for help in overcoming the damage of being raised in a family headed by a narcissistic parent. Divided into three sections, McBride explores the insidious way a narcissistic environment is developed in a family, how a narcissistic parent damages a child's emotional growth and ability to trust, and finally, how to not only move on but become truly free."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3248880</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3248880</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McBride, Karyl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3248880133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Untangling and Healing From the Harmful Effects of Parental Narcissism</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982198732/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brace for Impact]]></title><description><![CDATA["Gabe Montesanti grew up queer in a working-class, conservative Catholic family in the Midwest, where she was taught to prioritize strength and impenetrability over vulnerability and honesty. In this emotionally, physically, and spiritually abusive environment, she developed a severe eating disorder, never learned to trust herself, and lived in constant fear. As she enters graduate school, she vows to put the trauma of her past behind her and to learn to fully inhabit her body. She joins Arch Rival Roller Derby in St. Louis, one of the top-rated teams in the country, and instantly falls in love with the roughness, intensity, and roller derby's open embrace of people who are literally and figuratively scarred. Gabe soon finds community, safety, and a sense of belonging, reveling in the queer-friendly environment, the tattoos, glitter, and campiness. She chooses the derby name Joan of Spark, modeling herself after the fierce and independent Joan of Arc, to signify all the ways she's left behind the baggage of her childhood. But when Gabe suffers a catastrophic injury, her unresolved trauma catches up to her. In the aftermath of her accident, it becomes impossible to ignore how the physicality of roller derby mirrors the emotional violence of her upbringing. Gabe's arduous physical recovery is matched only by the painful process of beginning to heal her emotional wounds. Forced to reckon with her past, she must decide if she can be Joan of Spark off the track, too--skating into a bolder, truer future."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3157978</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3157978</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Montesanti, Gabe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3157978133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593241370/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trigger]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Queen's Gambit meets The Hunger Games in this harrowing young adult thriller about a teen girl whose abusive father teaches her the finer points of chess and hunting for his own sinister ends. Didi tries her best to be a good girl, but it's hard to keep track of her father's rules. When she wins a chess tournament, he's angry she didn't win with a better move and makes her run laps around the house. When she runs laps the next day, she has to keep running until she's faster than the day before. When she's skilled enough to outshoot him with both a gun and bow and arrow, he grows furious when she won't then shoot a baby rabbit who crosses their path. And Didi can't do anything to escape being threatened with the Hurt Stick when she misbehaves. He's all she has, he reminds her. They have to be prepared. They have to be prepared to fight the rest of the world, when the world comes to an end. He's grooming her, to keep her safe. He loves Didi. He does - he says so! And so Didi runs harder, annihilates her opponents in chess, takes down a deer at a dead run. He's grooming her, after all, to be the best... he says so.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3342699</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3342699</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griffin, N.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3342699133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781797146607/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Only Girl in the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, an astonishing memoir of one woman's rise above an unimaginable childhood.  Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into the ultimate survivor -- raising her in isolation, tyrannizing her childhood and subjecting her to endless drills designed to "eliminate weakness." Maude learned to hold an electric fence for minutes without flinching, and to sit perfectly still in a rat-infested cellar all night long (her mother sewed bells onto her clothes that would give her away if she moved). She endured a life without heat, hot water, adequate food, friendship, or any kind of affectionate treatment.  But Maude's parents could not rule her inner life. Befriending the animals on the lonely estate as well as the characters in the novels she read in secret, young Maude nurtured in herself the compassion and love that her parents forbid as weak. And when, after more than a decade, an outsider managed to penetrate her family's paranoid world, Maude seized her opportunity.  By turns horrifying and magical, The Only Girl in the World is a story that will grip you from the first page and leave you spellbound, a chilling exploration of psychological control that ends with a glorious escape.  Maude Julien is a therapist specializing in manipulation and psychological control. For the last ten years she has been doing anthropological research on the consequences of acculturation among Australian aborigines. A frequent contributor to radio and television, she has helped hundreds of patients since 1995. She lives in Paris. "At oncefascinating, mystifying and distressing...The story takes on the energy of athriller, building on the reader's hectic desire for [Julien's] escape."-New York Times Book Review "A harrowing yet achingly beautiful tale of a girl imprisoned by her brutal, fanatic family, but whose yearning for wonder and love ultimately drives her toward the improbable light of the world. . . The Only Girl in the World is a story of resilience unlike any I have ever read."-Mira Bartók, author of the National Book CriticsCircle Award Winner The Memory Palace "In the hierarchy of traumatic memoir, Maude Julien has something to write home about. . . The Only Girl in the World is the haunting story of a girl whose survivalist parents locked her away and subjected her to 'training' starting at the age of three. But it is also proof that love is in our nature regardless of our nurture."-Vanity Fair "The author of this harrowing memoir describes a childhood trapped in her family's grand house on the outskirts of a small French town in the nineteen-sixties...Now working as a therapist specializing in cases of psychological manipulation, she tells her story with the unflinching clarity of someone who is no longer ruled by her trauma."-The New Yorker "One of the most original and compelling stories I've read. A tale of hope and profound courage, The Only Girl in the World illustrates how trusting ourselves and following our hearts can save us from the most oppressive and cruel conditions. Her brave spirit shines as a bright reminder that what lies within us is stronger and more powerful than our circumstances."-RuthWariner, New York Times bestselling author of The Sound ofGravel   "A living testimony of resilience... An account as gripping as it is inspiring."-Elle "The year's most harrowing memoir...At times the book, in form, resembles the beginnings of Emma Donoghue's Room, but this text is necessarily more graphic and frightening...My multiple audible gasps while working through The Only Girl in the World were partly a result of its author's ability to so artfully capture the meaning and depth of her survival. You wonder how anyone who went through what she did could come out functioning on the other side...That The Only Girl in the World exists as it does is a most persuasive argument for Julien's remarkable willpower."-Entertainment W]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3268326</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3268326</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julien, Maude]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3268326133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781478970576/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Only Girl in the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Only Girl in the World describes the author's harrowing upbringing by fanatic parents, who raised her in isolation through traumatic disciplinary exercises designed to "eliminate weakness" and recounts how she eventually escaped with the help of an outsider.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2794687</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2794687</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julien, Maude]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2794687133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316466622/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working With the Developmental Trauma of Childhood Neglect]]></title><description><![CDATA[This book provides psychotherapists with a multidimensional view of childhood neglect and a practical roadmap for facilitating survivors' healing. Working from a strong base in attachment theory, esteemed clinician Ruth Cohn explores ways therapists can recognize the signs of childhood neglect, provides recommendations for understanding lasting effects that can persist into adulthood, and lays out strategies for helping clients maximize therapeutic outcomes. Along with extensive clinical material, chapters introduce skills that therapists can develop and hone, such as the ability to recognize and discern nonverbal attempts at communication. They also provide an array of resources and evidence-based treatment modalities that therapists can use in session. Working with the Developmental Trauma of Childhood Neglect is an essential book for any mental health professional working with survivors of childhood trauma.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3253536</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3253536</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cohn, Ruth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3253536133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Using Psychotherapy and Attachment Theory Techniques in Clinical Practice</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798765034071/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The High-conflict Custody Battle]]></title><description><![CDATA[A team of legal and psychology experts presents a practical guidebook for people who are engaged in a high-conflict custody battle. If you are dealing with an overtly hostile, inflammatory, deceitful, or manipulative ex-spouse, you will learn how to find and work with an attorney and prepare for a custody evaluation. The book also provides helpful tips you can use to defend yourself against false accusations, and gives a realistic portrayal of what to expect during a legal fight.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1983246</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1983246</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Baker, Amy J. L.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1983246133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Protect Yourself &amp; your Kids From A Toxic Divorce, False Accusations &amp; Parental Alienation</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781626250734/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free From Lies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Counsels adults on how to overcome childhood traumas, discussing such topics as improving communication productivity between therapists and clients, expressing trapped emotions, and healing unhealthy manifestations of subconscious pain.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1591022</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1591022</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miller, Alice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1591022133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Discovering your True Needs</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393069136/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>