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Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You Paperback - 2002

by Patricia Evans

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From small-scale incidents to large-scale issues, the author of the bestselling "The Verbally Abusive Relationship" explains the damaging nature of control and offers insight and advice those want to break the cycle.

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Learn how to "break the spell" of control with this bestseller hailed by Oprah Winfrey. Controlling People reveals the thought processes of those who try to control others and provides a "spell-breaking" mind-set for those who suffer this insidious manipulation.

Does this sound like someone you know?

*Always needs to be right
*Tells you who you are and what you think
*Implies that you're wrong or inadequate when you don't agree
*Is threatened by people who are "different"
*Feels attacked when questioned
*Doesn't seem to really hear or see you

If any of the above traits sounds familiar, help is on the way! In Controlling People, bestselling author Patricia Evans, tackles the "controlling personality," and reveals how and why these people try to run other people's lives. She also explains the compulsion that makes them continue this behavior--even as they alienate others and often lose those they love.

Controlling People helps you unravel the senseless behavior that plagues both the controller and the victim. Can the pattern or spell be broken? YES, says the author.

By understanding the compelling force involved, you can be a catalyst for change and actually become a spell-breaker. Once the spell is broken and the controller sees others as they really are, a genuine connection can be forged and healing can occur.

Should you ever find yourself in the thrall of someone close to you, Controlling People is here to give you the wisdom, power, and comfort you need to be a stronger, happier, and more independent person.

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Have you ever been puzzled or disturbed by the behavior of a family member, friend, or coworker and found yourself wondering, What's going on?

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  • Title Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You
  • Author Patricia Evans
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st edition
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Adams Media Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
  • Publication date January 2002
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781580625692 / 158062569X
  • Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.54 x 0.81 in (21.34 x 14.07 x 2.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Psychology
  • Library of Congress subjects Interpersonal relations, Control (Psychology)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001046303
  • Dewey Decimal Code 158.2

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  • Library Journal, 11/01/2001, Page 121

About the author

Patricia Evans is the bestselling author of four books, including The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Verbal Abuse Survivors Speak Out, Controlling People, and The Verbally Abusive Man: Can He Change? A highly acclaimed interpersonal communications specialist, public speaker, and consultant, Evans has appeared on Oprah, CNN, CBS News, Fox News, She Knows, and on numerous national radio programs. Her work has been featured in Shape, Newsweek, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Evans lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and can be reached via her website at VerbalAbuse.com

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