PATRICIA EVANS, SPEAKER, AUTHOR

PATRICIA EVANS is an interpersonal communications specialist and the author of  five books on the topic of verbal abuse. She is also a consultant, speaker and trainer, offering workshops and information on the topic.

Evans has single-handedly brought the subject of verbal abuse to the forefront of American consciousness--naming and defining verbally abusive relationships via her first book, when they were still unnamed and undefined.

She has spoken on the devastating effect of this ``secret form of control`` on more than two hundred radio shows, and 20 national television programs, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN and News Talk.

THE VERBALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP

How to recognize it and respond.