Wendy Tremont King
SAG-AFTRA Audiobook Narrator, Electrical Engineer
Home Studio:
Buffalo, NY
"Narcissists, sociopaths,
and psychopaths are notorious
for picking targets that
initially boost their egos."
-Shannon Thomas, LCSW
Healing from Hidden Abuse
Book Report:
Healing From Hidden Abuse
A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse
By: Shannon Thomas, LCSW
Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
Release date: 5-9-2017
Publisher: Tantor Audio
No Sugar coating on this Life Saver
There's a tightness in my chest and when I pick away at it, it starts to feel like a tangle of branches holding me down. I am unable to see above it. But I can see through it. That's what it felt like for me in what I now understand was Hidden Abuse. And I wasn't even the main target!
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Chances are, if you go to Audible.com, search on Wendy Tremont King and sort by "best-selling", HEALING FROM HIDDEN ABUSE will be at the top. ​This popular title came to me at a time when someone very dear to me was taking steps to get out of a narcissistic relationship. I wasn't familiar with all the terms when I started prepping the book but Shannon Thomas describes them so well, with examples, that I could recall incidents of each aspect of the Hidden Abuse scenario. The book is undeniably a significant resource. But I think the popularity of the audiobook is a result of me narrating directly to someone dear, with all the care and urgency that Thomas intended for her readers.
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Thomas focuses on HEALING strategies but she devotes the early chapters of the book to education. It helped me to learn about the actions and effects of: • Gaslighting • Smear Campaign • Flying Monkeys • Narcissistic Offense • Intermittent Reinforcement • Idealize, Devalue, and Discard Phases. I had a lot of 'aha' moments as I thought back over the years. And it really helped me to let go.
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Untangle your web.
Give HEALING FROM HIDDEN ABUSE your ear!