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Monday, September 6th, 2010
by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
Have you ever noticed how controlling people enjoy using money to control their loved ones? It’s as though they like the roll of “dolling out the cash,” all awhile knowing how it inspires financial dependency.
And those on the receiving end both love and hate it. They like their access to money dolled out, but hate the “waiting” period just before the allowance is due. They don’t like the vulnerability that they experience in themselves, knowing that their access to funds is truly out of their hands.
To read the complete article, visit Controlling Relationships and Financial Empowerment: Access vs. Control
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
“My child is being abused at her father’s home. When she reaches out to mental healthcare providers and I reach out to my attorney, all hell breaks lose and the helpers can’t tell what’s really going on.” Sound familiar?
Most people realize that mental health and family law need each other, but fail to recognize how the actions of one blind the other in the context of child abuse custody disputes.
To read the complete article, visit Child Abuse Custody - When Psychiatrics and Family Law Collide
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Sunday, August 1st, 2010
by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
We hear about it and see it on the news routinely: “Man kills woman.”…”It was an accident.”
An accident is a defense, not a description of domestic violence. Domestic abuse is never an accident. Now of course one may say, “I didn’t know she was going to die when I beat her to death.”
To read the complete article, please visit Intimate Partner Homicide - Domestic Violence as an Accident on Purpose
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