Full name: Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You

Author: Susan Forward Year: 1997 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Psychology, Self help, Non Fiction, Health Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060928971

Emotional blackmail is a powerful form of manipulation in which people close to us threaten to punish us for not doing what they want. Emotional blackmailers know how much we value our relationships with them. They know our vulnerabilities and our deepest secrets. They can be our parents or partners, bosses or coworkers, friends or lovers. And no matter how much they care about us, they use this intimate knowledge to win the pay-off they want: our compliance. In Emotional Blackmail, bestselling author Susan Forward dissects the anatomy of a relationship damaged by manipulation to give blackmail targets the tools they need to fight back. In a clear, no-nonsense style, she outlines the specific steps readers can take, offering checklists, practice scenarios, and concrete communications techniques that will strengthen relationships and break the blackmail cycle for good. Similar books: Nasty People by Jay Carter Your Erroneous Zones by Wayne W. Dyer Never Be Lied to Again by David J. Lieberman How to Be Your Own Best Friend by Mildred Newman When I Say No, I Feel Guilty by Manuel J. Smith Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz If You Had Controlling Parents by Dan Neuharth Toxic Parents by Susan Forward The Art of Living Consciously by Nathaniel Branden Coping with Difficult People by Robert M. Bramson Controlling People by Patricia Evans Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood Pulling Your Own Strings by Wayne W. Dyer Emotional Vampires by Albert J. Bernstein How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less by Nicholas Boothman Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them by Susan Forward The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk Dare by Barry McDonagh Stop Walking on Eggshells by Paul T. Mason Get Some Headspace by Andy Puddicombe