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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 158.2 EAN: 9781580625692 Edition: 3 ISBN: 158062569X Label: Adams Media Manufacturer: Adams Media Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: February 01, 2003 Publisher: Adams Media Studio: Adams Media Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Very Academic, but good informationI liked this book, however, if it's the first that you read on the subject of Controlling personalities, I think that it would be too academic and dry. It does provide a broad perspective on the issue, and do feel it was worthwhile, I just realize that if you are looking for practical information on this that you can use to understand a relationship you are in you might want to read something that isn't so dry. Rating:  - InsightfulPatricia Evans has done it again. She has written a book that I could not put down. "Controlling People" examines much of the subtle and not so subtle behavior you and I have experienced from others, have felt uncomfortable about and even felt worse because of. I always knew someone in my family was controlling but now I have a greater understanding of the depth of the problem as well as how to respond. Very good book for those with relationships with persons who want to control them. Dee Rating: - If you have ANYONE in your life whom you feel is controlling read this book.The is a perfect follow up to Patricia Evans book THE VERBALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. I was in an emotionally abusive relationship for years. I read Ms. Evans first book which gave me validation that I was not the "crazy one" nor did I deserve this abuse. I was able to leave that relationship and move on. And I credit the book by Ms. Evans as a guide to give me the strength to leave. I still wondered for years why someone wants to control another. CONTROLLING PEOPLE gave some understandable answers. ... Read More Rating:  - Agreed that this is a dangerous bookStay away from this book! Evans makes up terms for stuff that's been in psych textbooks for ages. Not only is this book not useful (since, as the other reviewers stated, her advice for dealing with controlling people is to simply say "What?" and a few other phrases), but it poses a danger to anyone in a severe controlling relationship--it might actually make that relationship worse by aggravating a controller. Although it's not quite the same, the book "Toxic Parents" by Susan Forward is much more recommended ... Read More Rating: - Gender biased, unscientific and presents half the storyThe 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 ... Read More 
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