Domestic Abuse Treatment – The Key to Breaking the Cycle of Spousal Abuse

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Sometimes when abusers learn that battering is an unacceptable response to not getting what they want, they quickly replace it with whining. But whining is not that much better. It may be safer from the victim’s perspective, but it carries all of the psychological control of bullying and battering.

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Mental Emotional Abuse – When Your Partners Judgments Are Your Defects

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Have you ever noticed how your partner’s judgments about you say more about him than they do about you? Yet, he stands behind these judgments as though they are a certified list of your defects.

“You are a lousy housekeeper, because you don’t fold the laundry ‘correctly’,” he declares. “You’re a pig because of the way you keep your car (or better yet, don’t keep up your car),” he insists. Or, how about this one: “You are a spoiled brat because you have the safety net of your family’s wealth,” he whines.

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Battered Mothers – Parental Alienation as a Means to Protect and Aid Perpetrators

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

“You speak out about me breaking your shoulder and that hurts me. Now you will pay for ruining my career…my public image.” Sound familiar?

If you know affluent domestic violence, you probably know this one. When a battered woman rallies up the courage to reach out to the authorities, a whole new level of abuse sets in. She faces the threat of paying the price for coming out.

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