Dr. Simon teaches the mechanics of popular tactics used by manipulators and how you can identify and thwart their tactics so you can control the outcome. This book helped me with a person I had no choice but to see daily. After the end of every "friendly" conversation I felt depressed or insulted but could not figure out how this person was doing it. This book helped me to understand what was really happening. Dr. Simon's guidelines exposed this person and allowed me to take control. Because this person knows I can no longer be controlled, I now have--not a perfect relationship--but one that's better than the alternative. -- A Reader in Chicago