Insure your Personal Security

Be prepared to physically and psychologically keep yourself safe. A good way to get ready is to think ahead. Here is a list of tips to help you do that: -Think through how you normally react to crisis situations. Do you flee, freeze, or fight back? -Think of a few past times to [...]

Gratefull for Advice…pepper Spray

“I really did not expect any trouble. Thank goodness my friend did.” Those were the words of 35-year-old Jim Tucker, who narrowly avoided being stabbed by 40-year-old Marianne Tucker, his wife of six years, whom he is in the process of divorcing. Jim left his wife after years of verbal abuse and being [...]

Domestic Violence When Living With an Alcoholic

If you live with an alcoholic, you may live with domestic violence as well. Many people that drink can become violent if they get upset. This might not be the case for some, but when a person drinks, it changes how they think. The sad thing about domestic violence where an alcoholic is concerned [...]

Warning: Signs of Abusive Relationship to Watch Out For

The signs of abusive relationship are hardly recognizable at the beginning. Often, the symptoms are dismissed as something that is a result of a stressing day at work or a wicked encounter at the street. Besides, maladies such as this attack in sheer subtlety that no woman will ever have the opportunity to admit [...]

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 [...]

The Domestic Violence Cycle – 3 Ways the Abuser Manipulates

Early this year talk show host Oprah Winfrey featured an episode on the domestic violence cycle. She interviewed one gentleman who told her what it was like when he was physically assaulting his wife, “It made me feel invincible.” The first word that comes to mind is frightening. The fact that hurting the one [...]

The Effects of Domestic Violence – The Uncertain Future

One of the effects of domestic violence is illustrated in studies done by organizations like the Coalition for Battered Women. It is believed that when a woman attempts to leave a violent relationship the risk to her increases by a startling seventy five percent. Why? As the Coalition’s executive director Barbara Price states, “He’s [...]

What is Domestic Violence? it is More Than Physical Violence

Many people are experiencing domestic violence but they are not aware of it. It is good to know your rights and stand by them because its your life. Live it to the fullest, live every second like it was your last one. You are supposed to draw love and comfort from a relationship. Not [...]

Domestic Violence Facts: The Affect Of Domestic Violence On The Workplace

No woman should live in fear, uncertainty, or receive physical or mental abuse from another individual.Many women suffer the consequences of domestic violence and are at a loss as to what to do or where to go. They often hide signs of abuse from friends, family, and coworkers, and the situation worsens out of [...]

Temporary Restraining Orders In New Jersey Domestic Violence Cases

Definition of Domestic Violence In general, domestic violence is defined as harmful acts used by one person to control the other. These acts may include physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, intentional isolation and/or financial control. The abuser may be a current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend or someone the person [...]

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