Navigating and Protecting against Dark Personalities

Navigating and Protecting against Dark Personalities

A World of Lies, Cons, Deceit and Manipulation

By Martin J Smith PhD - 

Specialist Training Consultant and UK Senior accredited psychotherapist

This book is both a user guide and self help book focusing on a range of service users and HR, managers, supervisors, therapy and health and social care professionals wanting to gain greater understanding of the issues they are facing with a person who lies, cons, cheats, controls and manipulates or the victims and targets of such behaviour. Whether such behaviour has been encountered from a person at work, home or in a social setting this book highlights ways to regain control of life either personally or to help friends, family, colleagues or service users. So many are impacted by this type of behaviour and the audience for this book will be extensive as so many recognise and identify with the behaviours and personalities being highlighted, and the impact this behaviour has on the self and our sense of personal identity.

• This book gives a clear objective understanding of toxic, cohesive  behaviour, drawing on functional techniques which can be applied in all avenues of life to better manage this type of behaviour.
• This book moves beyond academic theory or a personal anecdotal / sensationalistic standpoint to give clear guidance and understanding of the subject.
• The author draws on extensive experience in both clinical practice as well as workplace and real life experiences to give a comprehensive understanding of what can often be a highly emotional and traumatic subject.

About the author

Martin Smith is a past senior lecturer in social sciences at Nottingham Trent University 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 five years training experience and is also a psychotherapist specialising in the treatment of anxiety, depression, stress, and personality disorders.

He presents to many Public and Private Organisations in the UK and in the United States of America. Training and advising directly to organisations on issues of controlling, intimidating and manipulative personalities which cause difficulties and drain the very life out of teams and people at all levels. He has written numerous articles for UK and US Magazines and author of the book Understanding and Dealing with Controlling, Intimidating and Manipulative Personalities. He is a life member of the Open University Psychological Society and a senior accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society - NCPS and the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. He is  also an accredited trainer with NCPS delivering a range of CPD events including his unique CIM programme.