The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition: How to recognize it and how to respond

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!

• Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You
• Victory Over Verbal Abuse: A Healing Guide to Renewing Your Spirit and Reclaiming Your Life
• The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change?: A Woman's Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go
• Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
• Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out on Relationship and Recovery
• Should I Stay or Should I Go?: A Guide to Knowing if Your Relationship Can--and Should--be Saved
• The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing
• The Emotionally Destructive Marriage: How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope
• Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem
• Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That?: Encouragement for Women Involved with Angry and Controlling Men (StyleCity)