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Verbal Abuse Signs and Help – Understanding and Thriving beyond Verbal Abuse in Abusive Relationships

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Verbal abuse, as well as emotional abuse, result in wounds and scars deep within. In the following interview we look at the impact upon the victim and offer recommendations for her surviving and thriving beyond the battering.

The following is part two of an interview with Kate Carlson, OTR/L interviewing Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D., leading expert in the subtle communication patterns of battering relationships.

To read this interview, visit: Verbal Abuse Signs and Help – Understanding and Thriving beyond Verbal Abuse in Abusive Relationships

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Family Court Violence and Crazy-Making Maneuvers

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

If I tell you that you are “crazy” and threaten to punish you because of what I have said, a part of you begins to question that maybe what I have alleged is true.

Then, if I tell someone in authority that you are “crazy” and consequently they set forth to create restrictions around your personal and civil liberties, then more of you questions…is this true?

For full article: Family Court Violence and Crazy-Making Maneuvers

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Abused Men – When Women Batter Men, What Do Men Do?

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Many women say they where glad when their partners hit them, because in that moment the light went “on” and they knew exactly what they were dealing with: domestic abuse, intimate partner violence.

But for abused men, the physical abuse doesn’t always turn the light “on.” More often it sends them spinning into further confusion over their ranting, raving violent partner.

For full article: Abused Men – When Women Batter Men, What Do Men Do?

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