Domestic Violence Is Not Just About Physcial Abuse

Over the course of my career, I have helped many clients pursue a sense of personal power and emotional health sufficient enough to be safe, strong, and healthy while working through relationships with aggressive and/or abusive partners.   Generally speaking, these aggressive/abusive partners flourish in relationships in which they are given the power to [...]

Is Spousal Abuse Domestic Violence?

Wikipedia defines Domestic violence as: when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate another. Many times we see people come into our office asking us to defend them against a domestic violence charge and they say that they didn’t even realize that what they were doing was a crime. [...]

Emotional Abuse in a Relationship

Emotional abuse is the first stage of domestic violence. You find yourself in a romantic relationship that begins with our new partner being extremely attentive. He is willing to do anything for you. Things progress quickly, though, perhaps faster than your comfort level. He talking about marriage and kids and your not ready to [...]

How To Spot Elder Abuse

Elder abuse is described by the following acts among family and members of the household, any nursing home staff or any individual. – When somebody attempts or causes physical injury to an elder – When the family member or staff of a nursing home try to or is trying to place an elder in [...]

Financial Abuse in Marriage

Anna Quindlen wrote a gripping novel a few years ago about a woman who tries to escape from her husband who is abusing her. Because her husband is a cop, she fears he will find her with the same techniques he uses in his detective work. The case of Drew Peterson, a policeman in [...]

The other side of the abuse story

Most of our media reporting on Intimate Partner Violence (domestic violence and dating violence) today are based on patently false information, lack even the pretense of objectivity and violates the very concept of journalistic integrity. They amount to nothing more than ideological propaganda. The most common misrepresentation of facts often states things [...]

Something I Said/why Men Abuse Women

Hobbes In The House Men Abuse Women Because They Can MN Spokesman-Recorder You can find all kinds of think-tank rationalization as to why men beat women. You can, as well, find study upon as study as to why Black women are killed by Black men at a rate almost three times higher than the [...]

Domestic Violence: Could You Be An Abuse Victim?

Could You Be An Abuse Victim? That may sound like a dumb question. You should know if you are being mistreated. You might be surprised how many people are abused who don’t recognize that they are being victimized. Abuse can be verbal. If you live with someone who belittles you, calls you names, puts [...]

Emotional Psychological Abuse: Who Knows What’s Best For You?

“I know what’s best for you…better than you do.” Sound familiar? If you are in an intimate relationship that has emotional psychological abuse, you know this message, whether delivered directly or indirectly. The message says, “You need to trust my wisdom—over your own—regarding issues specific to you.” Now, when you are living in an [...]

Is Sex Addiction Just Spousal Abuse In Disguise?

When I worked as a RN in the hospital I encountered numerous cases of obvious Domestic Violence and abuse. It took me a long time to understand why these women did not ‘just leave’ their abusive partners. Eventually I began writing articles and working with local groups to raise community awareness of the problem [...]

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