Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship

Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD

May 2020 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Joell A. Jacob

About this audiobook

When you are showered with attention, it can feel incredibly romantic and can blind you to hints of problems ahead. But what happens when attentiveness becomes domination? In some relationships, the desire to control leads to jealousy, gaslighting, threats, micromanaging-even physical violence. If you or someone you care about are trapped in a web of coercive control, this book provides answers, hope, and a way out. Lisa Aronson Fontes draws on both professional expertise and personal experience to help you: - Recognize controlling behaviors of all kinds. - Understand why this destructive pattern occurs. - Determine whether you are in danger and if your partner can change. - Protect yourself and your kids. - Find the support and resources you need. - Take action to improve or end your relationship.

About the author

Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD, has a doctorate in counseling psychology and has worked in the areas of child abuse, violence against women, and challenging family issues for over twenty-five years. A professor, researcher, and popular conference speaker, she teaches at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Joell A. Jacob is an accomplished voice talent, actress, singer, author, speaker, and artisan. With a lifelong love of words, music, performance, and color, she lives creatively inspired as a diversified artist in New England.