Author: Kamalyn Kaur
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781698132198
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP CARING OR CONTROLLING? Your partner: * Calls you all the time when you are not with them. * Wants you to spend all your time with them because they miss you too much when you are not with them. * Tells you what to wear because they want you to look your best. * Doesn't like your friends / family because they aren't good for you. * Asks you a million questions before you go out because they want to make sure you are safe. This book will help you gain clarity about your relationship and identify whether your relationship is caring or controlling? WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?Anyone, who since being with their partner, is feeling lost; confused; questioning who they are; not able to recognise themselves anymore; feeling trapped within their relationship; AND feeling they aren't good enough.It will also be useful and helpful for anyone who has just walked out of a controlling or abusive relationship. WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM THIS BOOK? You can expect to breathe a sigh of relief, feel reassured, and empowered with the insight, awareness and confidence required to take the necessary steps to ensure your relationships are happy, healthy and stress-free. Some readers may also feel self confident and self assured enough to bring up the subject issue with a family / friend that they suspect might be stuck in an unhealthy relationship. WHY YOU SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK? (1) Tried and tested advice: The book is a practical guide and framework, put together by a therapist through observations and experience of working with individuals facing unhealthy, controlling or abusive relationships. The advice is a tried and tested approach which has helped clients release themselves from the "hold" of a controlling / emotionally abusive relationship, enabling them to move forward in life with self belief, self acceptance and self love. (2) Important issue which requires ongoing awareness raising: Many individuals will struggle to or find it difficult to speak up about an unhealthy, toxic or abusive relationship due to reasons of fear, insecurity, confusion, uncertainty or doubt within themselves. Some of the tips in this article could empower individuals with the confidence, clarity and certainty required to acknowledge and accept that they are in an unhealthy situation that requires action.
Author: Dr David Schnarch
Publisher: Scribe Publications
ISBN: 1921640324
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 449
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In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Schnarch, one of the foremost experts on sexuality and relationships, explains why normal healthy couples in long-term relationships have sexual desire problems, regardless of how much they love each other or how well they communicate. In-depth examples of couples he has counselled reveal his unique understanding of common-but-difficult sexual desire problems that affect couples of all ages. Combining compassion and clinical wisdom, Dr. Schnarch explains how to use his revolutionary Four Points of Balance approach to resolve low desire, mismatched desire, sexual boredom, and the emotional gridlock that accompanies these problems. Intimacy and Desire provides a roadmap for how couples can transform common sexual desire problems into self-exploration and personal development that leads to psychological and spiritual growth, stronger relationships, and more powerful and meaningful desire for each other. It provides time-proven comprehensive solutions that help couples reconnect with each other sexually, and take their intimacy and passion to new, previously unexplored heights.
Author: Evan Stark
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195384040
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 465
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Drawing on cases, Stark identifies the problems with our current approach to domestic violence, outlines the components of coercive control, and then uses this alternate framework to analyse the cases of battered women charged with criminal offenses directed at their abusers.
Author: Rick Cormier
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997472103
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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"Highly irreverent, but filled with wisdom and infused with deep caring, Mixed Nuts is a memoir of a life working in psychotherapy." "Some people assume that all therapists are new-agey hand-holders who just listen and nod like bobbleheads, then suggest an astrology reading, a gluten-free diet, and your choice of complimentary love flower or polished healing stone on your way out the door. That's not me. My job is to help fix what's broken." Speaking to the layperson and the practitioner alike, even Rick's signature humor can't hide his deep understanding of mental illness, his desire to help heal it quickly and effectively, and his pragmatic and often creative approach to treatment."
Author: Lisa Aronson Fontes
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462520359
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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When you are showered with attention, it can feel incredibly romantic and can blind you to hints of problems ahead. But what happens when attentiveness becomes domination? In some relationships, the desire to control leads to jealousy, threats, micromanaging--even physical violence. If you or someone you care about are trapped in a web of coercive control, this book provides answers, hope, and a way out. Lisa Aronson Fontes draws on both professional expertise and personal experience to help you: *Recognize controlling behaviors of all kinds. *Understand why this destructive pattern occurs. *Determine whether you are in danger and if your partner can change. *Protect yourself and your kids. *Find the support and resources you need. *Take action to improve or end your relationship. *Regain your freedom and independence.
Author: Lundy Bancroft
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425191651
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship. He says he loves you. So...why does he do that? You’ve asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to see inside the minds of angry and controlling men—and change your life. In Why Does He Do That? you will learn about: • The early warning signs of abuse • The nature of abusive thinking • Myths about abusers • Ten abusive personality types • The role of drugs and alcohol • What you can fix, and what you can’t • And how to get out of an abusive relationship safely “This is without a doubt the most informative and useful book yet written on the subject of abusive men. Women who are armed with the insights found in these pages will be on the road to recovering control of their lives.”—Jay G. Silverman, Ph.D., Director, Violence Prevention Programs, Harvard School of Public Health
Author: Stephen Betchen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9781439109540
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Do you and your partner argue about the same things over and over again? Are you often confused about why your partner is so angry with you? Are things getting worse and worse even though you’ve tried everything you can think of to make them better? In this breakthrough guide to repairing romantic relationships, therapist and marriage researcher Dr. Stephen Betchen presents a powerful new explanation of what leads to this kind of escalating conflict in couples and how you can repair your relationship and find a whole new level of happiness. Based on his extensive experience as a couples’ therapist, Dr. Betchen has discovered that the prevailing idea that opposites attract is wrong. Instead, one of the strongest forces that attracts people to one another is that they share a hidden, inner conflict in their lives—an unconscious struggle within themselves that each of them developed growing up—which he calls a "master conflict." The fact that a couple shares a master conflict acts as an almost magnetic force of attraction, but, over time, master conflicts often begin to push a pair apart—many of the very things you most appreciated about each other start to grate on you, producing increasing hostility. The good news is that by identifying the master conflict that you share, you and your partner can take the steps to break the cycle of fighting and come to a new place of understanding and happiness in your relationship. Often, just the realization that you have this hidden conflict acts as a powerful cure, allowing you to appreciate each other once again and to be empathetic about the things that have been irritating you both. From his years of work with couples, Betchen has identified the nineteen most common master conflicts—such as getting your needs met vs. caretaking; giving vs. withholding; commitment vs. freedom; power vs. passivity—and for each he provides vivid stories of couples who have struggled with them, as well as simple tests that help you to: • Identify the core master conflict that is causing your relationship problems • Understand the origins of your conflict and how it drew you to your partner • Diagnose how the conflict is now pushing you apart • Come to new terms with the conflict to save your relationship As Dr. Betchen writes, knowledge of a master conflict is power, and Magnetic Partners is an empowering guide that will help you not only to identify and control your master conflict, but also to bring your relationship to a new level based on deeper understanding, ultimately leading to greater fulfillment and long-term resilience. Partners
Author: Carol A Lambert
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
ISBN: 1626254737
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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"A poignant and necessary book for all women who live in fear in their own homes." —Library Journal A controlling or abusive partner can break even the strongest person—unless you know what to look for. Written by an expert in intimate partner abuse and based on her highly successful recovery program for women with controlling partners, this book will give you the strength, courage, and strategies you need to acknowledge the problem and stand up for yourself once and for all—whether you stay or leave the relationship. If you have a controlling partner, you aren’t alone. Millions of women suffer psychological abuse at the hands of a spouse or intimate partner during some point in their lives, not fully seeing or knowing what is happening to them. Research shows that psychological abuse affects women’s overall well-being more than physical abuse, is a bigger contributor to inducing fear, and can be a precursor to violence. To make matters worse, having a controlling partner often results in hidden injuries like anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, and low self-efficacy—feeling like you can’t make a difference in your life. So, where can you turn for help? Based on over a decade of clinical and domestic abuse research, Women with Controlling Partners will help you identify the coercive constraints that can be predictive of intimate partner abuse, recognize the harmful effects of psychological abuse on your mental and physical health, and gain the personal strength and power to break free. Using the author’s three-stage recovery model, you’ll be empowered to move out of denial, deconstruct what holds you psychologically captive, and take back your life. Abuse can be devastating, and having a controlling partner can make you feel crazy—and as if you’re the one responsible. But you’re not crazy, and you’re not to blame! With this important, one-of-a-kind recovery process, you’ll finally find the clarity of mind, courage, and strength to protect yourself from the hurtful control that damages your mental and physical health, and move toward a safer and happier life.
Author: Summer Dawn
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1635018056
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Controlling people is a form of disrespect! If you are in a situation where there is abuse resulting from too much control, you should do something about it. "Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Respond to Controlling People" is a book put together by Summer Dawn who seeks to help men and women who are victims of abuse. This book seeks to go deeper into the psychology of controlling people, and at the same time, serves as a motivation for individuals to break free from abusive relationships and start a new walk of life, free from stress and all sorts of drama. What else can you learn from this book? o Controlling Relationships - Another form of Abuse o A Comprehensive Look at Abuse o What are Controlling Styles o Why are some people so controlling o Signs of a Controlling Person o Therapy and Controlling Issues o People Vulnerable to Control Freaks o Reasons Why Some People Are Vulnerable to Control o Protection and Coping Strategies for Victims of Control
Author: Les Carter
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN: 9780787968793
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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It's easy to identify rage in people who lose their temper at traffic jams, unruly children, unresponsive coworkers, and unrealistic bosses. But we may not recognize more subtle manifestations of anger, such as being uncomfortable with loose ends, acting impatiently, or being overly critical. That is anger, too. And, as is so often the case, angry folks don't seem to realize that the behavior causing them problems at home or at work actually stems from unrecognized and unresolved pain and emotional injuries from the past. Is all this negative emotion inevitable, or are there choices about how to respond, choices that can improve personal relationships as well as emotional health? The Anger Trap is a landmark book that strips away the myths and misconceptions about anger and reveals how you can learn to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anger so that you may choose—or help someone else to choose—a better, more spiritually enlightened path. The Anger Trap examines the root causes of anger and can help you realize your patterns and break the destructive cycles of criticism, frustration, and irritation that hurt you and others around you. Drawing insight from timeless spiritual wisdom as well as cutting-edge research, Dr. Carter offers practical techniques to free you from anger, its hidden insecurities, fears, and selfishness and thereby improve the quality of your home and workplace life. The book clearly illustrates how the change process works and The Anger Trap is filled with real-life examples of the ways people have come to terms with their anger by applying the concepts Dr. Carter outlines.
