Dealing With Family Gaslighting Around the Holidays

12/29/23 • 13 min

When a woman suffers from a family member's regular gaslighting at the holidays Dr. Saltz advises how to halt that behavior in its tracks and get the holiday back on a better footing.

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When a woman suffers from a family member's regular gaslighting at the holidays Dr. Saltz advises how to halt that behavior in its tracks and get the holiday back on a better footing.

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How Can I Help? - with Dr. Gail Saltz - Dealing With Family Gaslighting Around the Holidays

Transcript

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These are challenging times, but you don't have to navigate them alone. Welcome to How Can I Help? I'm doctor Gail Saltz. I'm a clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, the psychoanalyst, and best selling author, and I'm here every week to answer your most pressing questions, hopefully with understanding, insight and advice. Family gas lighting refers to a form of emotional abuse within a family dynamic, w