Leslie Vernick is a licensed clinical social worker who has her own private counseling practice and more than twenty years of experience counseling individuals and families from a biblical world view. She is a popular speaker for women's groups, couple's retreats, and professional seminars, and the author of How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong and How to Live Right When Your Life Goes Wrong.
Praise for The Emotionally Destructive Marriage
“This book is a lifeline for women who long to live a
Christ-honoring life but are caught in the downward spiral of a
destructive relationship. Leslie draws from a deep well of biblical
insight, practical experience, and courageous advocacy to give
individuals and the church the tools necessary to set captives
free—one woman at a time.”
—Joe Henseler, senior pastor of Faith Evangelical Free Church,
Allentown, Pennsylvania
“As a radio host, I regularly hear from women who feel trapped in
destructive marriages. Because they hear God hates divorce, they
don’t know what they can do. Leslie shows them exactly what they
can do in this book. It’s packed with solid, practical, and
biblical steps to get sane, get safe, and get strong.”
—Anita Lustrea, author, speaker, and host of Moody Radio’s Midday
Connection
“Though marriage is God’s idea, many marriages are not being lived
out according to God’s plan. Leslie skillfully takes the reader
through specific check points, uncovering relationships that are
destructive while giving valuable tools for genuine healing. This
book will point many couples in the direction of change and
discovery of God’s ultimate plan of mutual respect and love.”
—Ray and Debbie Alsdorf, authors of Beyond the Brady Bunch
“The Emotionally Destructive Marriage blows the lid off the silence
surrounding this serious epidemic in the church. It’s packed with
the kind of solid practical wisdom and bracing straight talk women
need to face reality and engage safely the crisis in their
marriage. Every Christian leader should read this eyeopening
corrective to damaging advice often coming from the church to women
in abusive marriages. Women who are at the end of their rope will
find this book to be an invaluable lifeline.”
—Carolyn Custis James, author of The Gospel of Ruth and Half the
Church
“This book provides answers and action for women who are caught in
the vicious cycle of emotional abuse. Kudos to Leslie Vernick for
addressing and exposing this prevalent problem head on and offering
her wise counsel to hurting women.”
—Suellen Roberts, founder and president of Christian Women in
Media
“The Emotionally Destructive Marriage is the perfect tool for
pastors, counselors, and marriage leaders to help women caught in
destructive marriages. Written with a softness that only Leslie
Vernick could deliver but with a tenacity to motivate and help
women recognize their plight, this book provides the practical
insights they need to step into the emotional and relational
freedom they deserve.”
—Joshua Straub, PhD, coauthor of God Attachment
“Women in an emotionally abusive marriage do not need another book
on how to have a good marriage; those books rub salt in raw wounds.
No, they desperately need this book so that they can diagnosis just
how bad their marriage is and then, with Leslie’s clear expertise,
develop a plan that will either begin to turn their marriage
around, strengthen them to stay and survive, or give them a wise
route of escape. I was riveted from the first chapter and thanked
God repeatedly for this clear manual for those who are in such need
of a lifeline.”
—Dee Brestin, author of Idol Lies and The Friendships of Women
“The Emotionally Destructive Marriage extends a lifeline of
well-tested, biblically sound, practical, real help to women who
are often at the end of their rope, end of their ability to cope,
and end of their hope. Leslie’s common-sense wisdom and tender
encouragement might help save your marriage, your family, and your
future—and it will for sure save your sanity, your life, and your
heart. Every leader, and every woman, needs copies to hand
out.”
—Pam Farrel, author of The 10 Best Decisions a Woman Can Make and
Men Are Like Waffles; Women Are Like Spaghetti
“This book is a significant contribution to Christian literature on
the subject of abuse in marriage. Into church cultures so often
clouded by a fog of confusion and unbiblical tradition, Leslie’s
words shine a welcome light. She understands the mentality and
nature of abuse that drives these emotionally destructive
marriages. I intend to put her book to use in our church in both
women’s and men’s groups, and I would encourage Bible colleges and
seminaries to do the same.”
—Jeff Crippen, pastor and author of A Cry for Justice: How the Evil
of Domestic Abuse Hides in Your Church
“Leslie’s book tackles a hidden epidemic behind the closed doors of
many Christian homes. Leslie provides help—winsome yet tough,
practical yet immensely biblical help—for those in destructive
marriages. Counselors, pastors, and Christian ministry leaders are
given a clear compass to know how to take a marriage from broken to
whole, if both individuals are willing to work.”
—Tim Clinton, PhD, president of the American Association of
Christian Counselors and executive director of the Center for
Counseling and Family Studies at Liberty University
“Heart-to-heart reality checkup. Destructive myths and assumptions
exposed. Marriages advanced. Women valued. Hopeful steps for real
change. That’s how Leslie Vernick writes to women who are under
attack in marriage. She provides fresh God-honoring solutions as
she speaks life-changing truth for women. Her honesty and mandates
for frustrated or failed marriage relationships are invigorating,
incredible, practical, and based on the Bible.”
—Roger Ball, senior pastor of First Baptist of Tempe
“Finally, a voice being put to the very real problem of emotional
abuse within a marriage and the invisible wounds it inflicts on the
spirit, heart, and mind. Leslie Vernick brings light to the
breakdown that happens in a relationship marked by toxic behavior.
Her years of wisdom and expertise in this area, along with her
biblical insight, are to be applauded. Thank you, Leslie, for being
an advocate for freedom.”
—Michelle Borquez, president of God Crazy Freedom, author of
Overcoming the Seven Deadly Emotions
“We like to think that every marriage can be repaired and fully
restored, but that’s not reality in this fallen world. Kudos to
Leslie Vernick for being one of the first to address this reality.
I’ll be recommending this book to many coaching clients in the
coming years, because within these pages they’ll discover so many
valuable assets. I particularly love how she teaches women four
steps to develop CORE strength, which helps them deal with their
destructive partner in truth and with grace.”
—Shannon Ethridge, MA, relationship coach, speaker, and
best-selling author of Every Woman’s Battle
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