The art of clinical diagnosis lies in the ability to ask the right questions.

- Harriet B. Braiker

Conflict can and should be handled constructively; when it is, relationships benefit. Conflict avoidance is *not* the hallmark of a good relationship…

- Harriet B. Braiker

It's entirely in your power to regulate the degree to which you peel back the layers of your personality when you disclose yourself to someone. You c…

- Harriet B. Braiker

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

- Harriet B. Braiker

Niceness is the psychological armor of the people-pleaser.

- Harriet B. Braiker

If you are an approval addict, your behaviour is as easy to control as that of any other junkie. All a manipulator need do is a simple two-step proce…

- Harriet B. Braiker