Should I Stay or Should I Go?, JAC Patrissi
Should I Stay or Should I Go?, JAC Patrissi
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?
A Guide to Knowing If Your Relationship Can--and Should--be Saved

Author: JAC Patrissi, Lundy Bancroft

Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne

Unabridged: 13 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/08/2015

Synopsis

In this supportive and straightforward guide, Lundy Bancroft, the author of Why Does He Do That?, and communication specialist JAC Patrissi offer a way for women to practically take stock of their relationships and move forward, with or without their partners. Women involved in chronically frustrating or unfulfilling relationships will learn to:

Tell the difference between a healthy-yet-difficult relationship and one that is really not working

Recognize the signs that their partner has a serious problem

Stop waiting to see what happens and make their own growth the top priority

Prepare for life without their partner, even as they keep trying to make the relationship work

About JAC Patrissi

JAC Patrissi has more than twenty years of experience specializing in creative responses for survivors of abuse. She is the founder and former director of the Vermont Victim Assistance Academy. Patrissi consults nationally on system responses to domestic and sexual violence victims as well as victims of other violent crimes. She has trained several thousand professionals and community members on responding to domestic and sexual violence. Patrissi also facilitates the Growing a New Heart retreat series for women healing from destructive or sexually abusive relationships and writes regularly about relationship issues on her blog at growinganewheart.com. She is a survivor of domestic and sexual violence who lives happily with her family in New England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Georgette on June 24, 2020

No one wants to have to read this book. No one wants to have to go through the pain that leads you to needing this book. If you find yourself needing this book, I want to say I’m sorry. I’m so sorry for what you are going through. It will get better. This book and its exercises helps you gain a bett......more

Goodreads review by Erin on August 05, 2016

Wonderful workbook to help build self-esteem and see your relationship more clearly. If you've ever thought maybe you didn't deserve an aspect of the way your spouse/partner treats you, this book will definitely help you sort it out. Is it him too? Or is it really me, as he always says? Before I rea......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on July 20, 2017

This is an excellent book for folks struggling to understand selfish or immature or controlling or abusive behaviors in their partners. Also excellent for therapists working with folks in these situations.......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on October 21, 2022

While I'm not the target audience for this book, I had read "why does he do that" earlier this year and found it not only hugely enlightening, but also helpful and interesting in understanding the complex dilemma/horror show of abusive relationships. So I was interested in tackling Should I Stay.........more

Goodreads review by Randi on September 29, 2020

So, I read this book purely out of curiosity. It's often mentioned in some women-led Facebook groups I'm part of, and I wanted to take a look for myself. Granted, I went into this book through the lens of the fact that I'm in a 7 year relationship with a man I love very much (I told him upfront that......more

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