Step one · The Neal Method™
Recognizing Psychological Abuse. The Subtle Signs That Most People Miss
How do you know if you are in an abusive relationship?
8 video lectures · Self-paced · Available immediately
About this class
Abusers are not obvious. If they were, you probably wouldn't engage in the first place. And yet nearly half of Americans have experienced psychological abuse by a partner.
So how do you know what to look out for early on, so that you don't end up in a harmful dynamic? And how can you tell whether what you are experiencing is psychological abuse if you have never been hit or called a name?
This class gives you clear, clinically grounded language for the things you have sensed but could not name.
Is this class for you?
It may be, if any of these feel familiar.
- You are dating and want to identify red flags
- You can't quite put your finger on what is wrong in your relationship
- You find yourself constantly apologizing
- You've lost yourself in your relationship
- Your partner's behavior confuses you
What you'll learn
- Identify if you are being emotionally abused in your relationship
- Learn to judge your partner based on actions, not words
- Tap into your own empathy to identify how you feel
- Define the limits of your responsibility in your relationship
- Stop questioning yourself when your partner becomes jealous
- Understand why you feel icky, empty, or uncomfortable in your relationship
A few of the lessons
- Lesson 17 Quick Ways To Find Out If You Are Psychologically Abused
- Lesson 2Playing the Victim
- Lesson 3A Lack of Empathy
- Lesson 4Lack of Responsibility
And 3 more lessons inside the course.
What people are saying
Words from people who took the work on.
Over 20,000 people have taken Dr. Neal's courses. These are their words, shared with permission.
Feeling very empowered being part of this course. I feel quite hopeful that going through this training will be the last thing I need to take and keep the blinders off and close the door to this relationship once and for all. Knowledge is power and empowering!
This course is very good. Very clear and helpful. I see now that I didn't understand the subtle forms of controlling behavior. I love the title of this course! It really says it like it is. I have questioned what is normal and tried to deny my feelings, but eventually had to face reality. Thank you so much for validating my experience.
I am grateful for this course and am hoping to gain more perspective to provide me better coping skills and tools to grow and find joy in this challenging situation. It's a process, but I'm hopeful I can create a workable, peaceful relationship. I love my partner, and see his good qualities and the reasons he may have learned to be a subtle controller/abuser, but I also realize life is too short to live in such a stressful, unfulfilled state.
This has to be the best course I have taken, and I have taken a few. Avery's messages are very poignant.
I have complete faith that with the help of this course and work on myself, I will have a healthy relationship.
I feel at home for the first time in a long time. I don't feel crazy anymore. This is super eye opening for me. Last year I went on a self-discovery path. Started looking at toxic things in my life. I know this course will help continue my healing process. Doing the work is so humbling.