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Thursday, September 13th, 2012
by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
People in verbally abusive relationships often feel “un-liked,” and in some cases hated, by their partners. It’s the conditioning of an abusive relationship. Repeatedly, they are told how awful they are.
To read the complete article, please visit Verbally Abusive Relationship – Does Your Verbally Abusive Partner Hate You?
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Saturday, September 8th, 2012
by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
I often hear battered women talk about the abuse they witness between their intimate partners and their minor children. Many of these women blame themselves for the ongoing emotional abuse that they observe. It’s as though the children cannot do anything right in their father’s eyes. And the mother senses her partner’s jealousy…and faults herself for him feeling it.
Her claim is that if she only reassured him more of her love for him, then he would not pick on the child as much. My belief is that this thinking keeps her in a dangerous loop and is far from her truth, much less his.
To read the complete article, please visit Emotional Abuse and Family Violence – Why Does He Pick on Our Little Boy?
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
I often hear people ask why does she stay in an abusive marriage? The knee-jerk reply to this question traditionally has lots to do with economic security issues, traumatic attachment, social “norms” or religious beliefs about marriage… I’m sure you’ve heard them all.
But at the end of the day, there is only one reason why she stays in her relationship. And that is because in that moment of time the decision to do that is the right decision for her.
To read the complete article, please visit Domestic Abuse – Why Does She Stay in an Abusive Relationship?
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