They're Not Gaslighting You
Ditch the Therapy Speak and Stop Hunting for Red Flags in Every Relationship
by Isabelle Morley
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Pub Date May 20 2025 | Archive Date Jul 15 2025
Description
Relationships are hard enough without turning every disagreement into a therapy session.
These days, it seems like every argument comes with a side of psychobabble – whether it’s pulled from a psych 101 textbook, self-growth podcast, online forum, or “viral” therapy video. Suddenly, normal relationship hiccups are diagnosed as full-blown disorders, and the result? We’re writing people off or cutting them out of our lives and calling it #boundaries.
Here's the truth: No one is perfect. We’re complex beings with pasts and emotional baggage, and sometimes communicating effectively with other humans is hard. It doesn’t mean everyone’s toxic or a narcissist or bipolar or gaslighting you.
In They’re Not Gaslighting You, expert couples therapist and clinical psychologist Dr. Isabelle Morley sheds light on all the messy, frustrating, and sometimes downright harmful ways “therapy speak” has taken over our relationships. She’ll explain why throwing around clinical terms and armchair diagnoses robs us of the intimacy, empathy, and growth that make relationships worth having in the first place.
Through warmth, wit, and practical advice, Dr. Morley will help you ditch the labels and focus on what really matters: being present, curious, and compassionate, even (especially) when things get hard.
After all, your partner, your friends, your family – they’re not case studies. They’re people.
So, if you’re ready to stop pathologizing your loved ones and start actually connecting with them, They’re Not Gaslighting You is the book you didn’t know you needed.
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9781683738268 |
PRICE | $28.00 (USD) |
PAGES | 278 |
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Featured Reviews
This was interesting! I came into this book from a lens of being diagnosed with OCD at a young age and struggling with it severely on and off throughout my life. The book did an excellent job at explaining what OCD actually is and what it isn't (i.e. perfectionism). Also learned a lot about what narcissism, sociopathy, gaslighting, and trigger words mean from a clinical standpoint. It offered some clarity on terms I had seen on social media and why the way they are used there/in common language may be harmful.