Teasing

Innocent Fun or Sadistic Malice?

by Linda Sones Feinberg,
M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

We have all been on the giving and receiving end of teasing. Friendly, playful teasing helps us to alleviate anxiety, to cope, to play and to exercise our wits. Teasing can even improve relationships at work and at home. However, teasing can be a serious problem when done in a compulsive or sadistic manner. In some cases, teasing has even led to murder.

In this, the first book on the subject, psychotherapist Linda Sones Feinberg gives readers an understanding of what can be fun or be one of life's most tormenting experiences.

"Teasing: thin line between love, hurt...Feinberg has personal experience in dealing with relentless teasing."
— Gannett Syndicate

"Typecasting 27 teasing styles helps the tortured make it stop."
— Times Picayune

"Tips for coping with teasing."
— Tulsa World

"How teasing can help or hurt family and friends."
— Scripps Howard News Service

A New Horizon Press Release
Self-Help/Parenting & Childcare
6 x 9, 264 pages
LC# 96-68924, world rights
ISBN: 0-88282-145-8 (pb), $13.95