EMOTIONAL ABUSE HEALING TO CONVERT YOUR PAIN TO GROWTH

Emotional abuse healing takes longer than most physical abuse injuries. Every survivor I worked with said that emotional abuse was more difficult to recover from. Research indicates that it has long-term effects on mental and physical health. Physical abuse adds to emotional injuries, such as loss of self-worth when your partner hurts you. Emotional injury […]

POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS

Giving and receiving positive expressions are the next skills in my assertive communication series that began with Assertive Beliefs. It covers two of four feedback skills. Each article in this series includes exercises for learning and practicing assertive skills. Some do not think of giving and receiving positive feedback as being assertive. However, assertiveness is […]

RELATIONSHIP RECOVERY AFTER BETRAYAL

Recovery together or apart requires accountability, ability to look at one’s self, a willingness to let go and forgive if staying together, or a willingness to rebuild trust in yourself and others if the relationship doesn’t continue.

GRIEF AS PART OF HEALING

Grief is always a normal and important part of healing for intimate partner abuse survivors.

THE EARLY SIGNS OF COERCIVE RELATIONSHIPS

The answers to these questions offer clues as to whether coercive relationships will develop. Proceed with caution and talk about it if you don’t like what you see.

A TOOLKIT FOR RESPONDING TO COERCIVE CONTROL

After survivors learn the tactics of coercion and attend to their injuries, they can focus on how to respond in ways that empower them and disempower the controller. They do this by learning how to keep abusers’ blame, negation, and gaslighting from having power over them.