The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Ex..., Patricia Evans
The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Ex..., Patricia Evans
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The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition
How to recognize it and how to respond

Author: Patricia Evans

Narrator: Annette Romano

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/26/2018


Synopsis

You deserve respect.

In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. You'll get more of the answers you need to recognize abuse when it happens, respond to abusers safely and appropriately, and most important, lead a happier, healthier life.

In two all-new chapters, Evans reveals the Outside Stresses driving the rise in verbal abuse - and shows you how you can mitigate the devastating effects on your relationships. She also outlines the Levels of Abuse that characterize this kind of behavior - from subtle, insidious put-downs that can erode your self-esteem to full-out tantrums of name-calling, screaming, and threatening that can escalate into physical abuse.

Drawing from hundreds of real situations suffered by real people just like you, Evans offers strategies, sample scripts, and action plans designed to help you deal with the abuse - and the abuser.

This timely new edition of The Verbally Abusive Relationship puts you on the road to recognizing and responding to verbal abuse, one crucial step at a time!

About 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katya on July 23, 2014

This book blew my mind. It takes so much confusion out of human interactions. It's one of the maybe 10 books that have actually changed the way I look at all of humanity, as well as my own behavior. The sense of clarity, peace, and empowerment that I got from this book has made it, rather awkwardly,......more

Goodreads review by Joe on March 26, 2014

If you put a frog ina pot of boiling water it will jump out; but if the frog goes into cold water that heats gradually, it will stay in and die. The same is true for any habitual recipient of verbal abuse. you learn to accept things no person should accept. Ultimately you need to make a choice to le......more

Goodreads review by Maxine on April 22, 2024

I have read this amazing book many times, it will help you recognise and get your sanity back if living with verbal abuse, it was this book that opened my eyes in my previous marriage to what was really going on. Highly recommended. I can't rate this book highly enough. If you are unsure of what ver......more

Goodreads review by Annette on December 14, 2010

Patricia Evans did an outstanding job on the "How to Recognize" part of this book, however the rest of the book is terribly inadequate. Ms. Evans based this book on 40 interviews that she had with women who had been verbally abused by men. I wish that she would've stated this in the title or subtitl......more

Goodreads review by Armando on October 17, 2014

First off, let me start by saying that I'm a guy. I had a time in my life where I became someone I didn't want to be. I somehow lost my way, and I was becoming the "verbal abuser" described in this book until I realized that I was turning into a monster and changed all of that. Knowing if you're in......more