The Verbally Abusive Relationship
Written by Patricia Evans
Narrated by Mary Kae Irvin
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Patricia Evans
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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Reviews for The Verbally Abusive Relationship
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Very informative, but disappointing to find the author's only solution is to leave the relationship.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If your interested in this book, then odds are you will recognize yourself in at least one of these examples. You might just realize that your NOT crazy, like I did. This book was my validation.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to publish a book in scribd is the book is collection?answer pls……
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I was living alone (except for my cats) when I bought this book. However, I had a verbally abusive supervisor at the time. That man didn't hesitate to shout at me in front of a patient the same morning he was due to be interviewed by my EEOC counselor. After I informed his supervisor, he switched from abusing me aloud to abusing me in electronic mail. Yes, he not only verbally abused me in front of a witness whom he didn't know but who was my former Red Cross volunteer, he abused me in a way I could print out for proof. This book was invaluable for understanding what that supervisor was doing and why. Supervision of my medical library was switched to a different division, but he kept his job. (The documents supporting my four formal complaints are public record in my state.)I reread it to help me deal with two relatives I can't avoid completely. I'd forgotten so much! I had already figured out that one was just projecting her own self-hatred on to me, but I was being driven crazy by the other. How could I explain things so that I didn't get snapped or yelled at? I can't. It has nothing to do with me except that I'm a safe target. When the most recent incident happened, I realized that a visit to the doctor that same day would be bound to make the relative feel powerless, so of course I got snapped at. I'm no longer torturing myself wondering if it would be a good time to explain what I meant and how to explain. That, in itself, was worth the price of the book. If you're not sure that you're being verbally abused, read the checklists early in chapter one. (One is for overt verbal abuse. The other is for covert verbal abuse.) If you're being verbally abused, save your sanity and buy this book. If you can't afford it, see if you can borrow it from or through your local library. If you have children, there's a chapter about children and verbal abuse, including how to support your child if someone verbally abuses him or her. The chapter about choosing the right therapist should be helpful to victims seeking help. The letter from a woman unfortunate enough to try couples counseling with a psychologist who didn't understand the dynamics of verbally abusive relationship is an example of a 'helper' more harm than good.I am so glad I kept this book!
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