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  • Paperback: 220 pages
  • Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (March 11, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1462520243
  • ISBN-13: 978-1462520244
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsFinally! Self-help that works!
By emdawber on May 12, 2015
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Lisa Fontes's latest work is a wonderfully easy to read treatise on controlling behavior in intimate relationships. Whether you are wondering if the relationship you are in is healthy, or if you are trying to help someone else, this clear, concise, and articulate book is the perfect read. Full of concrete examples and usable information, it's a self-help book that actually delivers on self-help!
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5.0 out of 5 starsShe provides insights into what coercive control feels like and looks like
By Kim Gerould on April 24, 2015
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Lisa Fontes' important book will ring true with many women. She provides insights into what coercive control feels like and looks like, and she gives concrete support to people trying to exit such a relationship. Her writing is smooth and highly readable. This should become a popular read for anyone interested in promoting healthy relationships, laypeople and professionals alike. Hopefully her book will help the term "coercive control" become more well understood.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFor victims and for those who care for them
By jenvanmac on June 22, 2015
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This book is a must read for anyone who is a caregiver: nurses, doctors, teachers, clergy, counselors, therapists, law enforcement, etc. It is a must read for someone who has a friend, family member, or loved one who is suffering because of a controlling relationship. And finally, it is a must read for victims of controlling relationships. Dr. Fontes has written an accessible narrative to help the reader identify a coercively controlling relationship, and she gives solid and sound advice to help victims overcome and extricate themselves from these destructive relationships.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA powerful resources for creating healthier relationships
By Knicolet on May 20, 2015
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a powerful tool to help gain understanding about the "chains" that may keep you in a relationship that is toxic. I work with women from various cultural backgrounds who know something is not right in their relationship but they cannot quite define it. This book brings clarity to what they are experiencing. I highly recommend this book and will definitely recommend it to women I work with in clinical and community settings.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThis book should be required reading….
By Gitana on April 26, 2015
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This book should be required reading in every institution of higher learning, health, and law enforcement. If this book were readily available to women, I believe we would see less crimes against women. This book is an accessible tool that helps women of all ages recognize the signs of coercive control in their lives, interrupt it, and ultimately end it. Buy it for you and and someone you love.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA life-changing resource for all victims of coercive control
By Sara Elinoff Acker, LICSW on September 2, 2015
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In my more than 30 years of working with victims of intimate partner violence, patterns of coercive control have always been the most common form of abuse, yet also, the most confusing to identify and understand. Lisa Aronson Fontes' book is a life-changing contribution to our understanding of coercive control. Readable, compassionate, detailed and clear-- this book will empower victims in these relationships, giving them the tools and insight to recognize what is happening to them...and the understanding that intimate partner abuse goes far beyond physical violence into realms of control that are insidious and damaging. An important book that will have a huge impact on the lives of many victims of intimate partner abuse.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA very readable and important book on a subject that ...
By D.Bix on May 20, 2015
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A very readable and important book on a subject that rarely gets publicly aired. Fontes nailed it on the head with her meticulously detailed reports, stories, and analyses of what coercive control is, and what can be done to overcome it. As someone who has first hand experience of this kind of abuse, Fontes' book could not be more timely. As a preventative measure, this book should be required reading for teens and young adults in the school setting where conversations can be facilitated by trained instructors. A must read for anyone who has ever needed validation of their personhood.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Good Road Map of the Often Dismissed, Devasting Weapons of Control and Abuse Within Relationships
By CarefulConsumer on September 6, 2015
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An excellent description of the devastating effects of emotional and psychological abuse--both of which leave lasting and severe damage to a survivor's confidence, sense of well being, and sense of self-worth. These are weapons of mass-destruction of a victim's psyche wreaking domestic terrorism in its purest and most intimate form.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsInvisible Chains is an exceptionally powerful work that takes the ...

Invisible Chains is an exceptionally powerful work that takes the complex concept of coercive control and explains it in a manner that allows readers at verious levels and... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Alima
5.0 out of 5 starsHelpful, engaging and easy to read

As a university teacher who holds a Ph.D. on coercive control and domestic violence, I think this book is great. Read more

Published 3 months ago by E Katz
5.0 out of 5 starsOutstanding and well written resource.

A must read for those trying to understand and escape or recover from an abusive relationship. It is also a must read for those who treat such individuals.

Published 3 months ago by CSD
3.0 out of 5 starsThe book was okay

A bit disappointed in the overall content of the information in the book. It seems that if you have even a marginal level of knowledge of coercive control, you may not be... Read more

Published 4 months ago by Steve
5.0 out of 5 starsWell written and easily understood. I appreciate the questionnaire...

Works through a difficult subject. Well written and easily understood. I appreciate the questionnaire method and references to resources. Well worth the reading.

Published 4 months ago by El B
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Well written book.
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Published 5 months ago by sofia morycan
5.0 out of 5 starsAn outstanding contribution!

As a former therapist (MSW) and retired primary care physician who has cared for many women who have been victims of physical abuse and coercive control, I wish I had had this book... Read more

Published 8 months ago by John Henry
5.0 out of 5 stars"Invisible Chains" describes the dynamics and patterns of unhealthy...

"Invisible Chains" describes the dynamics and patterns of unhealthy relationships. I have known women who would have been empowered by the information and resources... Read more

Published 9 months ago by Kathleen Kellogg

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