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Systemic Abuse: The Challenge Facing Domestic Abuse Survivors, Part II

By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

What causes systemic abuse?

A) Systemic abuse players’ greed, ignorance and absence of their professional ethics and fiduciary responsibility.

B) Intimate partner abuser’s need to save face, get even and, last but not least, to maintain control. (more…)

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Systemic Abuse: The Challenge Facing Domestic Abuse Survivors, Part I

By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Brief Description

Far too often, domestic abuse survivors go from the frying pan to the fire on their way out of an abusive relationship. And they wonder how this can happen. While it doesn’t always happen, it’s more common than most people realize. This article shines the light on the concept of “systemic abuse,” what causes it, symptoms of it and what to do when entangled in it.

Body of Article

I lived systemic abuse; I write about it, I know it from the core of my being. But, I never understood it so thoroughly until I was asked to explain it to someone whose life was altered dramatically by it.

What is “systemic abuse?” (more…)

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Is This Substance Abuse or Intimate Partner Violence?

By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

People often say my partner is abusive when he/she drinks. And from here, they deduce that they are involved with a partner/spousal abuser. However, that may not necessarily be so.

How do you distinguish between abuse associated with substance and/or alcohol abuse from abuse associated with intimate partner violence, as it’s defined in the professional literature? Here’s how. (more…)

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