LEADER 04431nam 22007575 450 001 9910886096003321 005 20250724160234.0 010 $a9783031633065 010 $a3031633067 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-63306-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31630245 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31630245 035 $a(CKB)34774614700041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-63306-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9934774614700041 100 $a20240902d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUnderstanding and Dealing with Controlling, Intimidating and Manipulative Personalities /$fby Martin J Smith 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (196 pages) 311 08$a9783031633058 311 08$a3031633059 327 $a1. Introduction - Once upon a time in Nottingham -- 2. Listening to the Alarm Bells -- 3. Emotional Intelligence and Critical Thinking -- 4. CIM personality - What are we talking about? -- 5. An Introduction to Personality theory -- 6. The Dark Triad and the Dark Tetrad -- 7. Other Difficult / Challenging Personality types -- 8. Initial Engagement and Management Strategies for DT and other difficult and challenging personalities -- 9. The CIM control strategies -- 10. Drama / Influence and Impression Management -- 11. Useful Strategies to manage CIM interactions -- 12. Conclusion and some final thoughts. 330 $aThis book will examine at individuals who control, intimate, and manipulate in work, home, family, and social environments, using robust Psychological theory to comprehend and successfully tackle those who exhibit these behaviours. The focus of this book will be to look at general Personality theory together with more specific focus on the Dark Triad of personality traits and, from the Five Factor Model, the domain of Agreeableness vs Antagonism. This approach will build a greater understanding of a much broader form of controlling intimidating and manipulative personality type. The book will include both useable techniques as well as self-reflection exercises the reader can use or pass on to students, clients and service users. This book is based on a programme the author has been teaching for over twelve years to a range of audiences across a variety of roles and has also been highlighted frequently in the press over the past decade. Martin J Smith is a Senior Lecturer in the social sciences at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and an independent training consultant. He specialises in extreme difficult behaviour and personality issues which go well beyond simply awkward and often highly controlling, intimidating and manipulative. He has over thirty years training experience in communication, interpersonal skills and conflict management. He is also a psychotherapist specialising in the treatment of anxiety, depression, stress, phobias and post traumatic stress disorders with over 23 years clinical experience. 606 $aPersonality 606 $aDifference (Psychology) 606 $aSocial psychology 606 $aPsychology, Industrial 606 $aPsychology 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aEthics 606 $aSelf 606 $aPersonality and Differential Psychology 606 $aSocial Psychology 606 $aOrganizational Psychology 606 $aBehavioral Sciences and Psychology 606 $aMoral Psychology 606 $aPhilosophy of the Self 615 0$aPersonality. 615 0$aDifference (Psychology) 615 0$aSocial psychology. 615 0$aPsychology, Industrial. 615 0$aPsychology. 615 0$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 0$aEthics. 615 0$aSelf. 615 14$aPersonality and Differential Psychology. 615 24$aSocial Psychology. 615 24$aOrganizational Psychology. 615 24$aBehavioral Sciences and Psychology. 615 24$aMoral Psychology. 615 24$aPhilosophy of the Self. 676 $a302 700 $aSmith$b Martin J$0149932 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910886096003321 996 $aUnderstanding and Dealing with Controlling, Intimidating and Manipulative Personalities$94258001 997 $aUNINA