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Domestic Abuse Counseling – The Complexities of Couples Therapy When the Psychopathology Is Severe

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Sometimes individuals in abusive relationships end up in couples therapy and wonder why it didn’t work? Has that happened to you in domestic abuse therapy?

You so want to remedy the abuse in your marriage, and you know the dynamics of your relationship contribute to the discord between you and your partner. So, naturally you think the solution rests in “couples therapy” with someone who claims to “know” about abuse.

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Why Do You Believe the Verbal Abuse In Marriage? – Cognitive Dissidence and The Verbal Attack

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

“Why do I believe what he/she has shouted at me over the years…even though a part of me knows it not to be true?” Men and women alike ask this question, again and again. Sound familiar to you?

Imagine going about your day and all being relatively well. Then out of the blue your partner steps in and hits you with verbal emotional abuse about how you are such____ and such____. And your being so is responsible for his/her disastrous predicament. It’s all your fault!

Now here’s the issue. This image happens routinely—weekly, monthly, year after year. What might this do to you or to anyone in these shoes?

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Abuse and Control – How to Understand and Transcend the Endless Control in Abusive Relationships

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

People in all phases of an abusive relationship ask the same question, over and over again: “Why does my partner or ex-partner still control me, our children or matters in general?”

For example, in desperation battered women cry out, “My husband is using the court to control me and our children.” And abused men say the same, “She’s using the court to control my life!” They both want to know why.

To read the complete article, please visit Abuse and Control – How to Understand and Transcend the Endless Control in Abusive Relationships

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