Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You @ richardeward.com

Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You
by Patricia Evans
from Adams Media

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Very Academic, but good information
  I 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.

• Insightful
  Patricia 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

• 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. It is... more info

• Agreed that this is a dangerous book
  Stay 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... more info

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