The Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome: What to Do If Someone in Your Life Has a Dual Personality - Or If You Do

ISBN-13: 9780470042243 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 288 str.

Beverly Engel

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Beverly Engel brings her expertise to this important examination of the Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome--the first book to address this abusive syndrome. She discusses the origins of the disorder, names its seven major manifestations, explains how to identify Jekyll and Hyde behavior in other people and in oneself, and outlines clear steps for how to heal Jekyll and Hyde tendencies for good.

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Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

PART I: Understanding the Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome.

1 What Is the Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome?

2 The Seven Types of Jekyll and Hydes.

3 What Causes the Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome?

PART II: If You Have a Jekyll and Hyde in Your Life.

4 How to Cope with a Jekyll and Hyde.

5 Abusive or Illusive?

6 If the Jekyll and Hyde in Your Life Has a Personality Disorder.

7 Deciding Whether to Continue the Relationship.

8 How to Avoid Getting Involved with a Jekyll and Hyde in the Future.

PART III: If You Suffer from the Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome.

9 Confronting and Healing Your Jekyll and Hyde Behavior.

10 If You Are an Abusive Jekyll and Hyde.

11 If You Have a Personality Disorder.

PART IV: The Jekyll and Hyde within Us All.

12 The Lessons of Jekyll and Hyde.

References.

Recommended Reading.

Index.

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BEVERLY ENGEL, an internationally recognized expert in emotional abuse and a licensed marriage and family therapist for thirty years, is the author of numerous books, including the successful titles Healing Your Emotional Self, The Emotionally Abusive Relationship, and Loving Him without Losing You. Engel conducts professional training programs and workshops throughout the United States and Canada. She has appeared on many national television shows, including Oprah, Starting Over, Donahue, Ricki Lake, and Sally Jessy Raphael, and her work is frequently featured in print media.

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Praise for Beverly Engel The Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome

"Living with a Jekyll and Hyde, forever walking on eggshells, is no way to live. It takes its toll physically and mentally, whether the person′s problem is Borderline Personality Disorder or something else. In this exciting new book, Engel gives hope to millions by showing them how to get off the emotional roller coaster no matter what their situation is."
—Randi Kreger, coauthor of Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder and founder of BPDCentral.com

"Beverly Engel traverses a wide spectrum as she explicates The Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome. She boils down the common essences of various psychiatric disorders such as Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorders and Post–Traumatic Stress Disorder to describe the conflicted bipolar Shadows of those whose expressions to the world vary so widely. Easy–to–understand explanations and advice in dealing with individuals with changeable personalities allow The Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome to describe the Yin and Yang of those engaged in this monumental human struggle."
—Jerold J. Kreisman, m.d. coauthor of Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder and I Hate You, Don′t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality The Emotionally Abusive Relationship

"Beverly Engel clearly and with caring offers step–by–step strategies to stop emotional abuse . . . helping both victims and abusers to identify the patterns of this painful and traumatic type of abuse."
—Marti Tamm Loring, Ph.D., author of Emotional Abuse: The Trauma and the Treatment Loving Him without Losing You

"A powerful and practical guide to relationships that every woman should read."
—Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D., author of Secrets about Life Every Woman Should Know and How Did I Get Here?