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Home Videos. Gentle selfdefense Verbal Work. Comments Anonymous says:. Nationally recognized linguistics expert and author Suzette Haden Elgin applies her acclaimed techniques for combating verbal attacks to common workplace situations.

Powerful yet unthreatening, her proven strategies will help you recognize and defend yourself from verbal abuse—everything from casual obscenities and racist or sexist language to sarcasm, cutting jokes, and subtle put-downs.

Richly illustrated with fully dramatizes scenarios and real-world examples, Dr. The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work is your roadmap through the potentially career-threatening minefields of workplace communication.

Demonstrates how to identify, avoid, and defuse verbal attacks, tells how to handle irate customers and manipulative bosses, and describes techniques for improving communication. Shows how men and women can communicate more clearly with each other by listening more carefully and considering body language, sensory preferences, and other cues, and discusses sexual harassment and other problems.

In this book, the author shows you how her revolutionary system of language behavior can guide you to better health and help you overcome stress-building hostility and develop strong social support networks; defuse tension, minimize conflict, and increase peace of mind; replace harmful negative thinking with healthful positive thinking; perceive yourself as someone in control rather than as a victim.

In addition, you'll discover several simple techniques to help you feel in control over painful symptoms. You'll also see why your body's natural painkillers are more effective than any pain pill could be. The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-defense.

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