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Goodreads asked Beverly Engel:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Beverly Engel I've been noticing for the past several years that most of my clients who had been or were currently being emotionally abused suffered from debilitating shame due to the abuse itself and from childhoods where they were deeply shamed. I realized the connection between emotional abuse and shame has not received enough attention.

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