Patricia Evans broke the silence about verbal abuse. She spoke out and spoke up in her landmark book in 1992. Hear her today.
What a pleasure and honor to have this deep conversation with Patricia Evans, author of The Verbally Abusive Relationship. !
Patricia Evans stepped up, spoke up, and spoke out about verbal abuse. Her first book–with four following–is a tribute to her indomitable spirit and unwillingness to stay silent about this gateway behavior.
Before a partner hits you, you will have been verbally abused: demeaned, discounted, dismissed, blamed, manipulated, and deceived. Domestic violence starts with verbal abuse.
Toxic relationships are verbally abusive. In this episode, we talk about the aspects of verbal abuse, and Patricia offers insights and strategies to recognize it, and find the strength to move away from it.
If you have ever been verbally abused, or think you might be right now, you need to listen now.
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ABOUT PATRICIA EVANS:
An internationally recognized Interpersonal Communications Specialist, Patricia Evans draws upon research of more than thirty thousand cases of verbally abusive relationships. She speaks and conducts workshops throughout the country.
Founder of the Evans Interpersonal Communications Institute, now, EICI, Inc., Patricia offers workshops and training programs. She has single-handedly brought the subject of verbal abuse to the forefront of American consciousness, starting with her landmark book, The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond(1992). Newsweek commended her for it, saying that the expanded edition in 1996 was “A groundbreaking new book.”
Patricia Evans has spoken on the devastating effect of this secret form of control on more than two hundred radio programs, and seventeen national television shows, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Sonya Live—CNN and News Talk.
Find Patricia Evan’s work at VerbalAbuse.com
Machine Transcript – sorry for the typos.
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