Tears and Healing: The Journey to the Light after an Abusive Relationship

This is a self-help guide for people in relationships with an abusive partner to help them understand their situation, take greater self-care, and break free of the abuse. A reflection of the author's own trail from confusion to freedom, it outlines step-by-step the issues to be faced and teaches healthier ways to approach the situation. The steps include: getting back in touch with reality; understanding the abusers disease; dealing with love for an abuser; detaching from the abuser and identifying your own needs; dealing with the sense obligation to the abuser; healing from abusive treatment; and overcoming fear and choosing how to move on with life.Skerritt, Richard is the author of 'Tears and Healing: The Journey to the Light after an Abusive Relationship', published 2005 under ISBN 9781933369013 and ISBN 1933369019.