Who's Pulling Your Strings?: How to Break the Cycle of Manipulation and Regain Control of Your Life How to Break the Cycle of Manipulation and Regain Control of Your Life

by Braiker, Harriet

• ISBN13: 9780071446723
• ISBN10: 0071446729
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780071435680
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-03
• Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Summary

A powerful program to stop manipulators in their tracks InWho's Pulling Your Strings?, Dr. Harriet B. Braiker,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Disease to Please, explains how depression, low self-esteem, anger, and feelings of helplessness can be caused by relationships with manipulative people. She exposes the most common methods of manipulators, and with the help of selfassessment quizzes, action plans, and how-to exercises, she helps you recognize and end the manipulative cycle for good.

Author Biography

Dr. Harriet B. Braiker wrote three successful, general-audience psychology books dealing primarily with women's issues, including the New York Times bestseller The Disease to Please.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
An Overview of Manipulation	1	(8)
Manipulation in Five Acts	9	(18)
Are You Vulnerable to Manipulation?	27	(6)
Your Buttons Are Showing	33	(18)
Manipulators' Motives	51	(22)
Who Are the Manipulators in Your Life?	73	(32)
How Manipulation Works	105	(12)
What Are Your Hooks?	117	(6)
The Mechanics of Manipulation	123	(26)
Are You in a Manipulative Relationship?	149	(6)
The Impact of Manipulation	155	(16)
Resistance Tactics	171	(34)
How to Make Yourself a Hardened Target	205	(32)
Final Curtain on Manipulation in Five Acts	237	(8)
Conclusion	245	(2)
Index	247