Rhoberta Shaler

Dr. Rhoberta Shaler died in April, 2024.

Rhoberta worked hard to maintain her energy to continue offering time and wisdom to clients, members, fans, and strangers alike, who found her voice and demeanor comforting and strengthening as you each faced difficult and overwhelming experiences.

The Relationship Help Doctor, Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, provided urgent and ongoing care for relationships in crisis. Even the United States Marines called on her for help!

Dr. Shaler’s focus in the past decade was on helping partners, exes, and adult children of the relentlessly difficult, toxic people she calls Hijackals® to save their sanity and stop the crazy-making. She coined the term Hijackals® in 2015, and defined it as “people who hijack relationships–for their own purposes–while relentlessly scavenging them for power, status, and control.”

The legacy of her incredible body of work, over 30+ years as a speaker, author, consultant, counselor, and therapist, offers the insights, strategies, and support you need to reclaim hope, confidence–and your sanity–when dealing with the constant uncertainty and jaw-dropping behaviors of Hijackals in your life, at home and at work.

Author of sixteen books, including her Hijackal ebook series, Escaping the Hijackal Trap, and, Stop! That’s Crazy-Making, she created and hosted the popular podcast, Save Your Sanity: Help for Toxic Relationships.