Gaslighting is something many of us have experienced in some shape or form.

Whether it’s a colleague making you second guess yourself in the workplace, being subtly manipulated in a relationship or experiencing it among friends and family, gaslighting can show up in many facets of our lives – but there are other forms of gaslighting that often go unacknowledged.

One person exploring the different types of gaslighters is clinical psychologist Stephanie Carinia. In a recent Instagram post, Carinia broke down the three different types of gaslighters, while acknowledging that it “can be covered up in many forms”.

Carinia begins by identifying the intimidator gaslighter, who she describes as a “classical gaslighter” that often uses “open belittling”.

Dr Robin Stern’s book The Gaslight Effect further expands on these gaslighting types, and delves deep into the intimidator gaslighter, who she says often “bullies, guilt-trips and withholds”.

These are the types of gaslighters to look out for, according to a psychologist