Product Description

One of America’s leading experts on emotional abuse shows you how to stop the devastating cycle of abuse and start taking control of your life

Emotional abuse is far more common than physical abuse--and often more difficult to overcome. This sensitive, step-by-step guide from a renowned relationship coach shows you how to deal with a bully in your intimate relationship, whether it’s a husband, wife, partner, girlfriend, or boyfriend. Using the author’s easy-to-follow A.R.T. method (Acknowledge, Reassess, Take Action), you will learn how to recognize signs of emotional abuse, deflect destructive words and situations, and gain the respect, kindness, and love you deserve.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #118873 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

From the Back Cover

Are you being bullied in your relationship?

Maybe it's your husband, wife, partner, boyfriend, or girlfriend.

Maybe you feel you're being belittled or berated, manipulated, or controlled.

Maybe you try to shrug it off, telling yourself it's not so bad.

The truth is: You are a victim of emotional abuse--but you don't have to take it anymore.

You have the power to make it stop.

In this inspiring and life-changing book, acclaimed psychologist and relationship expert Anne-Renée Testa, Ph.D., shows you how to find your inner strength, learn to stand up for yourself, and finally get the love and respect you deserve.

“So many people have their lives torn apart over emotional abuse. Dr. Testa's book is a must-read for anyone who finds themselves in a destructive relationship.”
--Nancy Grace Host of CNN's Headline News “Nancy Grace” and of Court TV's “Nancy Grace's Closing Arguments”

“She tells it like it is and gives an honest and direct approach to get yourself out of an unhealthy relationship.”
--Maury Povich

Whether it's as obvious as physical threats or as subtle as seemingly polite criticisms, it's not your fault. Whether it's passive-aggressive acts like withholding money or sex or blatant attacks like name-calling, you don't have to take it anymore. Whether it's been going on for months or for years, you have the power to make it stop.

Deep inside, beyond all the fear and self-doubt, you know in your heart that you deserve better and that you have the courage to change. That's what drew you to this book, and it's your courage that Dr. Anne-Renée Testa believes will help you stand up to the bully in your relationship. A renowned psychologist and relationship coach, Dr. Testa has counseled victims of emotional abuse for more than twenty years. Now she's developed a personalized approach to dealing with bullies that really works. It's called the A.R.T. Method, and it's simple:

ACKNOWLEDGE the problem.
REASSESS your relationship.
TAKE ACTION!

Every situation is different, but that's the beauty of the A.R.T. Method. Dr. Testa guides you step by step through a wide variety of relationships, from the sometime stressful to the downright dysfunctional. She takes you inside the minds of the most common types of bullies--the Rage Bully, the Silent-Treatment Bully, the Control-Freak Bully, the Scorekeeping Bully, and others--and shows you how to deal with one in you life. She shares her most successful coping strategies, strongest healing tools, and most powerful techniques. She reveals the easiest ways to defuse the hardest conflicts. She even shows you how to pull yourself out of the victim mindset and conquer your own inner bully.

Remember: You can stand up for yourself. You can stop the emotional abuse. You can demand more respect, more dignity, more happiness. Because you deserve the best--in love and in life.

The solution is in your hands.

“Dr. Anne-Renee Testa's book is full of practical solutions to help you stop any bully in his tracks."
--Jerry Della Femina, Chairman/CEO, Della Femina/Rothschild/Jeary and Partners

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About the Author

Anne-Renée Testa, Ph.D., is a nationally renowned psychologist, relationship coach, and media expert. She has appeared on “Today,” “Good Morning America,” and other programs on CNN, NBC, ABC, FOX, and Court TV.