Healing Your Emotional SelfSelf help Emotionally abusive parents are indeed toxic parents, and they cause significant damage to their childrens self esteem, self image, and body image. In this remarkable book, Beverly Engel shares her powerful Mirror Therapy program for helping adult survivors to overcome their shame and self criticism, become more compassionate and accepting of themselves, and create a more positive self image. Susan Forward, Ph. D., author of Toxic Parents