Domestic Violence Awareness – What Every Battered Woman Wishes She Knew When She Was a Young College Woman

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

The College World Reporter Donell Edwards interviews domestic abuse consulting expert Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D. to help educate young college women about domestic violence.

1) In recent weeks, the alleged attack of popular recording artist Rihanna by her boyfriend and fellow recording artist Chris Brown, has focused attention on domestic violence. Many of our readers are college students and young adults. Please explain for them the magnitude of this problem, in regard to how widespread it is.

Dr. King: One out of every three women will be assaulted by an intimate partner in her lifetime. Domestic abuse knows no boundaries. Battered women are black, white, yellow, rich, poor, educated, un-educated, professional, unemployed. They represent all walks of life.

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Verbal Abuse in Marriage: 3 Insights That Will Save You in the Face of Verbal Abuse

By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Verbal abuse is toxic, especially when you are on the receiving end. It can wear you down, burn you out, and literally change the way you think and feel about yourself. But it doesn’t have to…

Here are some insights that will help you hold your own in the face of verbal abuse.

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Divorce Visitation – When Domestic Abuse Revels Itself in the Interest of the Controlling Parent

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

In helping people negotiate child custody and visitation schedules, I’ve come to see a pattern express itself in terms of parents’ desire for their children to have equal access to both parents.

The moment I see resistance to equal access to both parents based on what a parent “may” do without any history of doing that which is predicted, then I know I’m probably dealing with control issues having nothing to do with the best interest of the child.

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