Twelve blue chairs are arranged in a circle. A clipboard, a single white envelope and a retractable pencil are placed in a small pile underneath each. The room smells of cigarette smoke settled on wet ...

In the weeks since strict social distancing measures have been put in place across the globe, rates of domestic violence have been increasing significantly. While it’s common for abuse to worsen ...

In my previous post, we began a discussion about the importance of self-understanding. Self-understanding can help you realize why you ended up in an abusive relationship in the first place, as well ...

When you feel truly in love with your partner, it's not uncommon to appear blind to their actions. When those hurtful actions are directed at you, it may seem like you are the one at fault for your ...

There are many challenges and barriers to leaving an abusive partner, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this problem. While the pandemic will recede, the epidemic of intimate partner violence ...

Many of my clients who are being emotionally abused are not aware that this is what is going on in their relationship. In fact, most who come into counseling want me to fix them so they will be a ...

In the early days of a relationship, being in the throes of passion can make someone chalk their new partner’s questionable behavior up to a bad day. And all too often, what a person dismisses as ...

But “spidder-webbing” may be the most toxic dating trend yet. “Spider-webbing” is the colloquial name for a collection of ...

Abuse can often be a difficult thing to put into words, especially if there is no physical violence involved. Lindsay Goodman, a survivor of abuse in a queer relationship, dedicates her entire TikTok ...

A post has gone viral on Reddit after a poster shared how their boyfriend reacted to not receiving a plus-one invite to a recent wedding, most calling the boyfriend "abusive" for his "heinous" tactics ...

The headlines were equally as emotional on both sides of the Atlantic. A young mother and her infant daughter were murdered, in this case allegedly by the woman’s husband of almost three years and the ...

In 2014, Lori Jackson had been at her family’s Oxford home for over five weeks, trying to leave an abusive partner. During those five weeks, her family never felt safe, her mother, Merry Jackson, said ...