IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT.

This gentle guide offers a mindfulness and compassion-based therapeutic approach to help readers overcome the debilitating shame that keeps them tied to the past.

Shame is one of the most destructive human emotions. Those who have suffered childhood physical or sexual abuse may experience such intense feelings of shame that it almost seems to define them as a person. In order to begin healing, it's important to know that it wasn't their fault. Readers will gain a greater understanding of the root cause of their shame, cultivate compassion toward themselves, and begin to heal. Beverly Engel, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over thirty years of experience working primarily with survivors of childhood and adult abuse. She is the author of several books, including The Emotionally Abused Woman and Healing Your Emotional Self.