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Emotional Verbal Abuse – Clubbing and Battering Vs. Loving and Listening

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Are you clubbing or are you loving? Is he/she clubbing or is he/she loving? From these questions, it’s obvious that this eInsight is for the batterer and the abused.

There is a significant distinction between moments of battering and moments of opening in the dialogue of couples in domestic abuse therapy. Are you aware of this distinction?

To read the complete article, please visit Emotional Verbal Abuse – Clubbing and Battering Vs. Loving and Listening

© Dr Jeanne King – Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention

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Domestic Abuse Signs – Abusive Relationship Doghouse Dealings

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

“I can no longer live in your doghouse, nor can I visit it when you touch that place of utter disdain.” Sound familiar?

Living in an abusive relationship can mean frequent trips to the doghouse. It’s a place established metaphorically. It is the space wherein an abusive person determines that you have done “wrong.”

To read the complete article, please visit Domestic Abuse Signs – Abusive Relationship Doghouse Dealings

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Healing from Domestic Abuse – Healing the Injury of Battering Psychological Bruising

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

There is an icky feeling that domestic abuse survivors feel within themselves when they are in the presence of the partner that battered them. It’s a feeling so clear and distinct that you can’t deny its presence even though you seek to rid yourself of its grip. It grabs you in the gut and weakens you from the inside out.

To read the complete article, please visit Healing from Domestic Abuse – Healing the Injury of Battering Psychological Bruising

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