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Persecutors, Victims, and Rescuers: How to Deal with Psychological Games Players

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Learn how to spot people who play mind games and keep their attempts at sabotage and manipulation from getting under your skin.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Dealing with psychological game players
1. Theory Behind Games Players
  • Parent, adult, child
  • Okay and not okay
  • Aggression
2. How Games Work
  • What's a game?
  • Within families
  • The three positions
  • Why play games?
3. The Top 20 Games
  • Only trying to help
  • Yes...but
  • Blemish
  • Let's you and them fight
  • Harried
  • Kick me
  • Wooden leg
  • Brown stamp collector
  • Gold stamp collector
  • Only joking
  • Schlemiel
  • What you made me do
  • Now I've got you!
  • Grudges
  • Sulking
  • Ain't it awful
  • If it weren't for you
  • Maybe = yes
  • Mine's better
  • Patronizing
  • A few examples
4. Ways to Deal with Games
  • Introduction
  • Withdraw
  • Live with it
  • Remain adult
  • Be assertive
  • Exposing them
  • Playing along
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Chris Croft

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