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Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal With People Who Try to Control You By Patricia Evans ( Adams Media )
Release Date: 2003-02-01
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 Gender biased, unscientific and presents half the story ( bobhank )
The author is gender biased. The examples in the book present men as controlling, women as victims.
Here's the recurring two sentences from the book,
repeated time and time again:
"One of my clients was struggling with HER controlling husband."
Or
"One husband, a client of mine, needed help dealing with his angry, controlling behavior."
I can't recommend this book, because it implies women are the victims, never the controllers. In my own life, i see examples of both men and women controlling others.
The author never discusses passive agressive controlling behavior. She only discusses verbal, angry outburst behavior.
I find the examples highly biased. And since the author only deals with male forms of control, she inadequately describes controlling behavior, because she only studies one half of the human population.
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 Great, non-judgemental approach
This book has helped me recognize controlling behaviors of people in my life; not only those close to me, but in work situations also. It has been a good tool in helping me deal with these situations.
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Understand what is happening
Intelligent, informative and accessible. Once you understand what is happening, you can respond appropriately. If you are an abuser, understand what is driving your emotions. This is a helpful book.
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Thought-provoking, but mostly theory.
Insightful and thought-provoking. My only complaint is that it's mostly theory; there's only a tiny bit of practical suggestion near the end.
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A lot of answers to the big WHY
Very good explanation about what is going on inside the mind of controlling people. Fortunately she reminds you all the time that you don't have to tolerate abuse however much you understand the abusive person.
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