Part 1 Emotional abuse: destruction of the self; the identification of emotional abuse; emotional abuse pattern: overt and covert. Part 2 Jen: destruction and reintegration of the self; the meeting: a healing process begins; fragmentation; reintegration. Part 3 Paula: legal consequences of the abuse process; victim perpetrator: coerced participation in crime by emotional abuse victims; the therapist as an expert witness in federal court. Part 4 Wendi: emotional abuse as an antecedent to murder; attachment anxiety: a letter regarding the early years; trauma; the therapist as an expert witness in state court. Part 5 Jeremy: emotional abuse by parents; hitting a child with words; intervening with an emotionally abused child. Part 6 Barbara Anne: elder emotional abuse; the loneliness of victimized older adults: patterns of abuse; conclusion: scope and health care impact of emotional abuse. (Part contents).
