Discover effective strategies that can be used immediately for recognizing and countering manipulation in any context while setting healthy relational boundaries. 

  

From guilt trips to gaslighting, emotional manipulation takes many forms, and it’s often so covert that the manipulator’s target has difficulty articulating how and when it’s happening. 

  

This brief seminar explores the manipulator’s motivations for relating to others through drama, offering an inside-out analysis of the manipulation process. 

  

  

ALAN GODWIN, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice with 25 years of experience. Certified in Alternative Dispute Resolution, he has dedicated himself to helping individuals, couples, churches, and businesses develop better ways of handling conflict. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Godwin serves on the adjunct faculty of the Graduate Counseling Department of Trevecca University in Nashville, Tennessee. He travels and speaks nationally for Cross Country Education, training mental health professionals in the areas of conflict resolution, the therapeutic process, and dealing with manipulators. 

  

Dr. Godwin's book, "How to Solve Your People Problems: Dealing with Your Difficult Relationships," explains how and why conflict goes badly and how to make it go well with two types of people: reasonable and unreasonable.