|a If you or someone you know answers "yes" to one or more of the following questions, this book is required reading: a) Does your partner seem irritated or angry at you several times a week? - b) Does he deny being angry when he clearly is? - c) Do your attempts to discuss feelings of pain or emotional distress leave you with the feeling that the issue has not been resolved? d) Do you frequently feel perplexed and frustrated by his responses, as though you were each speaking a different language? |a Evaluating your own experience - Two kinds of power: a broad perspective - Personal power: a look at reality II - The abuser and the abusive relationship: a look at reality I - The consequences of verbal abuse - The partner's feelings - Obstacles and indicators - Characteristics and categories of verbal abuse - The anger addict - Conditioning and the partner - The recognition of verbal abuse and asking for change - Responding with impact to verbal abuse - Recovery - Looking back - The underlying dynamics: some reasons why - About therapy - and for the therapist - Children and verbal abuse - Frequently asked questions. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index. |a The verbally abusive relationship : |b how to recognize it and how to respond / |c Patricia Evans.
Drawing from hundreds of real situations suffered by real people just like you, Evans offers strategies, sample scripts, and action plans designed to help you deal with the abuse-and the abuser.|a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d VET |d QP9 |d BAKER |d BTCTA |d YDXCP |d KZV |d NPL |d SMP |d OLDSC |d OCLCF |d OCLCQ She also outlines the Levels of Abuse that characterize this kind of behavior-from subtle, insidious put-downs that can erode your self-esteem to full-out tantrums of name-calling, screaming, and threatening that can escalate into physical abuse. In two all-new chapters, Evans reveals the Outside Stresses driving the rise in verbal abuse-and shows you how you can mitigate the devastating effects on your relationships.
You'll get more of the answers you need to recognize abuse when it happens, respond to abusers safely and appropriately, and most important, lead a happier, healthier life.
From the Publisher: In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it.
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