Abused Husbands – 5 Keys To Healing For Battered Men And Abusive Wives

Abused men frequently recoil from looking at their circumstances because they assume doing so will result in leaving their abusive partner. And what they’d prefer to happen is for there to be real lasting changes in their relationship that ultimately save their marriage. While it is true that most people will jump to the [...]

Can Singer be Advocate For Domestic Violence Prevention?

Chris Brown had it all. The award-winning singer and blossoming actor seemed to be on top of the world. In addition to his successful career, Brown seemed like the type of teenage role model that parents wanted their children to emulate. The image and the burgeoning career were jeopardized after a domestic assault on [...]

Signs Of Emotional Verbal Abuse: Friend Or Foe?

Did you know the signs of emotional verbal abuse are your friends if you recognize them for what they are? An adult survivor of severe childhood abuse by her natural father plotted with her sister (also abused) to kill their parents in cold blood. The mother, who watched the children being abuse, took the [...]

Affluent Spousal Abuse – Battered Queens: When the Rich are Entangled in Abusive Relationships

Common thinking is that domestic violence is a misfortune that befalls the lower class. We hear about them more, we see more of them, we have public services to care for their needs…but that doesn’t make them in the majority when it comes to domestic abuse. I would venture to say that we are [...]

Family Violence Healing – Writing About a Mother’s Nightmare of Abuse Beyond Control

Where did you get the where-with-all to write your book (All But My Soul) people continue to ask seven years after its publication. This question has been presented to me so many times, I’m compelled to give you the answer in this article. I didn’t write it; it wrote itself. Now I know that [...]

Signs of Abusive Relationships – the Subtle Communication Patterns of an Abusive Relationship

How do you help someone who is abused to see the light? In screening thousands of people for domestic abuse, I’m convinced that showing the subtle communication patterns of abusive relationships helps someone being abused to awaken to their circumstances. Further, identifying these subtle, and often unconscious, interaction patterns helps the abused partner recognize [...]

Domestic Violence and Child Custody – From the Frying Pan to the Fire of Family Violence

Can we bring justice to family courts? That’s a highly political question, and I think the answer has more to do with the nature of the human beings behind the system and the misconceptions of those using the system to seek safety. We hear of battered women falling through the cracks of the system [...]

Healing From Emotional Abuse and the Physical Injuries of Domestic Violence

Each time I encounter the body’s ability to heal itself, I’m in awe. And to witness the role of intention in this is even more mind-boggling. As domestic violence survivors, you know the scars and wounds of battering. Did you know you can have a very active role in healing these injuries? I’m going [...]

Domestic Violence . . .is it Still Really a Big Deal?

What’s all the fuss about regarding domestic violence in the United States anyway? After all, in this day and age, people in some countries beat their wives on a regular basis and it’s quite accepted by their general population. So, here in the United States, are we making too much of a fuss regarding [...]

Domestic Violence Attorney: Providing Aggressive Defense

Domestic violence may be defined as physical or psychological abuse of a spouse, family member, partner or ex-partner. Domestic violence laws are stringent and this form of abuse is considered to be a crime in all the states of the US. If charged with such a crime, one needs the services of a domestic [...]

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