âA beacon of truth and wisdom for the abused and a help in their healing.â âScot McKnight and Laura Barringer, authors of A Church Called Tov
âReading this book . . . will change you forever, for the better.â âRachael Denhollander, speaker, victim advocate, and author of What Is a Girl Worth?
âSincerely thoughtful, incredibly practical, and truly compassionate book on abusive systems and the consequences of cover-ups.â âChristina Edmondson, PhD, cohost of Truthâs Table podcast
âAm I the only one who sees thisâam I just imagining things? Is something wrong with me . . . or could this be abuse?â
Maybe you donât know for sure: all you know is something feels off when you think about a certain relationship or interaction with an institution or organization. You feel alone and confusedâbut calling it âabuseâ feels extreme and unsettling, a label for what happens to other people but not you. Yet you canât shake the feeling: somethingâs not right.
In his debut book, researcher and advocate Wade Mullen introduces us to the groundbreaking world of impression managementâthe strategies that individuals and organizations utilize to gain power and cover up their wrongdoings. Mullen reveals a pattern that accompanies many types of abuse, almost as if abusers are somehow reading from the same playbook. If we can learn to decode these evil methodsâif we can learn the language of abuseâwe can help stop the cycle and make abusers less effective at accomplishing destruction in our lives.
Somethingâs Not Right will help you to identify and describe tactics that were previously unidentifiable and indescribable, and give you the language you need to move toward freedom and create a safer future for yourself and others.