“Parental alienation” is a highly political term with mixed meanings for many folks. If you are on the accused side of parental alienation, as are many battered mothers, you know the pain of these words. These two words may have served as the sword severing you from your abused children.
Clare is an upper middle class suburban semi-retiree, enjoying a second career of loving and promoting art. She thought that domestic abuse was about hitting until the day she awaken unto the fact that her marital pain was due to psychological and emotional abuse.
She had no idea that the day in and day out mental manipulations and twisting of her heart strings was all about psychological control. The emotional dependency cultivated in her relationship blindsided her to the personal oppression and financial abuse ahead.
Many people ask, is this Control or Love? The five core characteristics of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence show control Vs. love. http://www.domesticabusesupport.com
