Leaving Abusive Relationships – How Do Domestic Violence Survivors Feel After Leaving an Abusive Relationship?

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

“How will I feel after I leave,” is a common thought both women and men ponder before leaving an abusive relationship. They can’t imagine life without their partner, all while knowing they are not really “living” with them.

What surprises these courageous domestic abuse survivors is the exhilaration that they feel when they leave. I see it as the exhilaration in their lifting the burden of oppression and finding the diamond within.

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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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Domestic Violence by Proxy – Why Doesn’t Abusive Control End?

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

“Why doesn’t ‘it’ end?” ask domestic abuse survivors worldwide. That’s like questioning, why doesn’t cancer end after it has been diagnosed. Herein lies the answer. It has only been diagnosed. Without proper intervention, domestic violence by proxy progresses in one direction…it continues and it escalates.

This escalation could take on many forms, but nonetheless it has a life of its own…sustaining itself. Identifying it and bringing it to light does absolutely nothing to end the cycle of abuse.

Here are some ways I have observed domestic violence by proxy involving the psychological poisoning/manipulation of children with respect to an alienated parent….

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