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Not to People Like Us: Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages » (Reprint)

Book cover image of Not to People Like Us: Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages by Susan Weitzman

Authors: Susan Weitzman
ISBN-13: 9780465090747, ISBN-10: 0465090745
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: August 2001
Edition: Reprint

Author Biography: Susan Weitzman

Susan Weitzman, Ph.D., is an institute lecturer at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. A practicing psychotherapist in Chicago, she lectures and conducts workshops nationally.

Book Synopsis

As seen on "2020," "48 Hours," "Sally Jesse Raphael," and in People magazine: A startling exposé of domestic violence against well-educated, well-to-do women, and a powerful indictment of the social service system that fails to protect them.

READINGS

All practitioners working with adult women should read this book.

	Acknowledgments	v
Part 1	Upscale Violence
1	Piercing the Veil of Silence	3
2	"This Doesn't Happen to People Like Us ..."	17
3	Why Do Women Stay in Abusive Marriages?	37
Part 2	The Wife's Path in and Her Way Out
4	Getting In: "He Was So Sexy, So Powerful--He Swept Me Off My Feet ..."	55
5	Staying the Course: "I Made My Bed ..."	79
6	Going Public and Getting Going: "I'm Outta Here ..."	109
Part 3	People Along the Path: Those Who Help or Hurt
7	The Men: Arrogance and Insecurity, Grandiosity and Self-Doubt	131
8	What About the Children?	159
9	Who Can Help? Therapeutic Interventions	175
10	The Double-Edged Sword: How Family, Friends, and Professionals Can Make Matters Worse	203
Part 4	Aftermath
11	Life Goes On	221
	Appendices	231
	Notes	253
	References	271
	Index	281

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