The Gaslight Effect Recovery Guide
Dr. Robin SternIn 2007, Dr. Robin Stern coined the phrase "gaslight effect" to explain the long-term effects of repeated gaslighting: an insidious and sometimes covert form of emotional abuse in which a gaslighter undermines & controls another person by deflecting, twisting, & denying their reality. Gaslighting can happen in a romantic relationship, between family members, or at work—but in every case, it leaves you constantly second-guessing yourself, unable to make simple decisions, & destabilized from the constant reality shifts.
The Gaslight Effect Recovery Guide is a tool for personal exploration that will help you identify if you are part of a pattern of emotional abuse & pull yourself out of that dynamic with a few crucial mindset shifts. Through prompts, checklists, quizzes, & guided reflective questions, you will explore past & present relationships, gain the confidence to leave an abusive partner or set boundaries in an unavoidable situation, & heal after gaslighting.
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Robin Stern, PhD, is the co-founder & senior adviser to the director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, a psychoanalyst in private practice, the author of The Gaslight Effect Recovery Guide & the host of The Gaslight Effect Podcast.