Manipulative people rarely sound manipulative — in fact, they can often sound reasonable or even helpful at first. But ...

You can't always get what you want, but manipulative people sure will throw out all of the stops to try. Guilt-tripping is a ...

Dear Eric: I allowed a new boyfriend to move in with me. I am six years widowed and thought this would be wonderful. He has some issues after being forced to move out from a previous relationship and ...

5 Manipulative Phrases Straight Out of a Gaslighter's Playbook, According to Psychologists originally appeared on Parade. Knowing if you’re being manipulated or gaslit can be so tricky. By nature, ...

Emotional manipulators tend to benefit from having a sense of emotional intelligence without the added social and internal burdens of compassion or empathy. According to a study from the SAGE Open ...

Navigating relationships can be tricky, especially when dealing with manipulative individuals. These people have a knack for getting inside your head, making you question your perceptions and ...

If Instagram is your therapist, you may have been led to believe that if someone strongly disagrees with your point of view, then they are gaslighting you. As a psychotherapist, I have heard this term ...

Pete and Laurie (names changed to protect confidentiality) were counseling clients of mine who were "Head Game Gamblers," a destructive behavior I describe in my book, Why Can't You Read My Mind? In ...

One of the major difficulties that stand in the way of building authentic connections in families where eating disorders arise is manipulation. Often parents feel they are being held hostage by their ...

Aging is challenging for everyone, but it can be especially hard for someone with narcissistic tendencies. A narcissistic thrives on validation and recognition and the older we get the more invisible ...