By: William Gabriel | Home & Family It's sad but true that many times cases of domestic abuse continue without intervention. However, if anything is to be done to combat this problem, people must accept that it happens and learn to notice its signs and symptoms. read more
By: Jeff Schuman | Home & Family Domestic abuse is a very serious problem that many women face these days. There are many women that don?t even realize they are being abused. That is why it is imperative for you to be able to recognize if abuse is happening to you or not. read more
By: Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D. | Relationships Domestic violence help comes in all shapes and sizes. There is the crisis hotline to get you where you need to go ASAP. Then, there are the community domestic abuse support groups that assure you that "you are not alone." Your domestic violence shelter will give you all the resources for your immediate transition from the danger you live to safe housing. They may even have a domestic abuse legal advocate that will help you with your legal matters. read more
By: Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D. | Relationships People say that the system doesn't work. What I see is people not working the system to their advantage. This is especially true for battered women in divorce court. Here are a few pointers to help you improve the way the system works and the way you work the system. read more
By: Alison Yates | Relationships Are you in a good relationship? Or is it a bad relationship? Domestic abuse takes many forms and doesn't always mean physical violence. Are you in a destructive relationship? Here are the telltale signs. read more
By: Audrey J Robinson Ph.D | Marriage A "Cycle of Abuse" occurs in a repeating pattern within a relationship. For some victims, it is difficult to recognize the pattern. Instead, victims may see violent behaviors as isolated, unrelated incidents. Yet, abuse often happens in cycles, with violent and dangerous episodes that are designed to control and break the victim's spirit, interspersed with periods of calm, loving support, and nurturing care. Find out more about the cycle of abuse. Protect yourself from being a victim. read more
By: Young | Medicine But there are more benefits to electronic health records than less clutter, faster file finding, and more time for patients. Predictive models that tap into electronic health records could help doctors diagnose domestic abuse earlier than ever before. read more
By: Jeanne King, Ph.D. | Home & Family The next worst thing to being abused is retelling the story of family violence over and over, again and again in the context of a custody dispute. Is it the repetition of the trauma without therapeutic intervention? Or, is it the polarization of the child? Or, is it both? read more
By: Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D. | Relationships People say once a victim, always a victim. I beg to differ. You can heal from domestic abuse and remain free from abusive relationships. Here are some pointers for knowing you're home free when it comes to being victimized by intimate partner abuse. read more
By: Jeanne King, Ph.D. | Home & Family Identifying the problem is half of the solution. We hear this in healthcare and in domestic abuse counseling, too. Read on to learn why denial is not an obstacle to successful outcome in abusive relationship therapy. read more
By: Jeanne King, Ph.D. | Relationships The easiest way to silence a victim of domestic violence is to establish that they are mentally and emotionally defective or just back them into a criminal charge. For over ten years I have noticed that battered women are more likely to be silenced by being psychologically pathologized, and battered men by being criminalized. read more
By: Willis jeff | Cooking Many women suffer the consequences of domestic violence and are at a loss as to what to do or where to go. They often hide signs of domestic abuse from friends, family, Many people look to their partners to fill the piece missing within themselves. And they rationalize their choice of this particular partner with something like, read more
By: Rai Aftab | Home & Family You need a domestic cleaner to help you with several or specific cleaning tasks in your home today and you turn to yellow pages or the internet. This is one of the privileges of living in London. read more
By: Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D. | Relationships Some wounds are so severe that words cannot capture their complete pain. Being pushed out of one's children's lives is one of these. Here are some things to do and thoughts to embrace to weather the unbearable, as you heal from family violence and domestic legal abuse. read more
