Who’s Pulling Your Strings?

Braiker H.0071435689

In Who’s Pulling Your Strings?, Dr. Harriet B. Braiker,New York Times bestselling author of The Disease to Please, explains how depression, low self-esteem, chronic anger, and feelings of helplessness are often the result of being caught in relationships with manipulative people – including family members, friends, coworkers, and associates. More importantly, she arms readers with the knowledge and tools they need to understand and identify manipulative personalities and to free themselves from the bondage of relationships with them.Working from sound psychological theory and research, yet writing in a warm, accessible style, Braiker exposes the most common methods manipulative people use to control others – and makes clear that it takes at least two people to enable such a relationship to function. With the help of valuable self-assessment quizzes, action plans, and how-to exercises she empowers readers to: * Recognize the signs of a manipulative relationship * Spot manipulators and their typical modus operandi * Assess their own vulnerability to manipulation * Identify the 7 main “Head Games” manipulators play”

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Table of contents :
EEn……Page 1
Who’s Pulling Your Strings? How to Break the Cycle of Manipulation and Regain Control of Your Life……Page 2
Other books by Dr. Harriet Braiker……Page 4
Copyright Info……Page 6
Dedication……Page 7
TOC……Page 9
Introduction……Page 11
1 – An Overview of Manipulation……Page 15
2 – Manipulation in Five Acts……Page 23
3 – Are You Vulnerable to Manipulation?……Page 41
4 – Your Buttons Are Showing……Page 47
5 – Manipulators’ Motives……Page 65
6 – Who Are the Manipulators in Your Life?……Page 87
7 – How Manipulation Works……Page 119
8 – What Are Your Hooks?……Page 131
9 – The Mechanics of Manipulation……Page 137
10 – Are You in a Manipulative Relationship?……Page 163
11 – The Impact of Manipulation……Page 169
12 – Resistance Tactics……Page 185
13 – How to Make Yourself a Hardened Target……Page 219
14 – Final Curtain on Manipulation in Five Acts……Page 251
Conclusion……Page 259
Index……Page 261