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Spousal Emotional Abuse - 3 Deadly Mistakes in Hiding from Verbal Abuse in Marriage - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
Verbal abuse in marriage makes for a toxic home. You feel it in the air, smell it in your living space, see its brutal impact on yourself as well as on little ones dependent upon you. You know this from the core of your being, yet when victimized by verbal abuse in marriage, there is a tendency... Submitted 2 years 307 days ago.

Interactional Relationship Abuse VS Intimate Partner Violence: 3 Distinguishing Characteristics - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
We hear a lot about the "he said, she said" when it comes to relationship violence. The challenge for advocates and interventionists is to accurately ascertain, not only "who did what" but even more revealing, what are the underlying dynamics inspiring the altercations between the parties? There... Submitted 2 years 308 days ago.

Verbal Emotional Abuse: 3 Keys to Surviving Verbal and Emotional Abuse - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
You are not his/her words, though it doesn't feel that way when you are being abused. On a very deep level, you believe those words of disregard, disapproval, disrespecteven the ones that are absolutely foul. Yet, in a more surface way, you claim not to buy that trash. You know those are just... Submitted 2 years 309 days ago.

Healing for Verbal and Emotional Abuse: 3 Secrets to Effective Affirmations - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
Affirmations, affirmations, affirmations. We've heard how important they are to the engineering of one's life. We've heard how essential they are to manifesting one's desires. Why do they work at times and fail to be realized at other times? I believe it has more to do with how the affirmation is... Submitted 2 years 311 days ago.

Verbal Abuse in Marriage: 3 Insights That Will Save You in the Face of Verbal Abuse - - 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. 1) Know that the... Submitted 2 years 317 days ago.

Abusive Relationships - 3 Deadly Mistakes in Assuming Responsibility for the Battering Behavior - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
We hear it all the time: "You're not responsible for your abuser's battering behavior." Yet, victims of domestic abuse spend an inordinate amount of time trying to alter this behavior. Fix it. Change it. Account for it. Often, and usually unknowingly, this invites three deadly mistakes victims of... Submitted 2 years 320 days ago.

When Parents Control - 3 Keys to Breaking Free from Parental Control - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
A controlling parent can have as much a crippling effect on an adult child as on an intimate partner. And I'm sure you know why. But help for that adult child is touch and go. There are no shelters for them, yet they have many of the same financial issues as battered women. If they haven't risen... Submitted 2 years 324 days ago.

Controlling Relationships - 4 Ways an Abuser Controls His/Her Victim - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
Abuse is fundamentally about control. Violence may be a manifestation of relationship abuse, but domestic abuse is really about control. And the perpetrator can't bear to be out of control. When perpetrators feel they are losing control, their means to exercise control escalates. What are the... Submitted 2 years 328 days ago.

Family Violence - The Intergenerational Transmission of the Cycle of Family Abuse - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
If your home consists of one (or more) parent that batters, chances are higher that your children will acquire the same tendency to be controlling and use battering to get their way. Now this doesn't mean that all children of abusers become abusers, as they may very well instead become... Submitted 2 years 329 days ago.

Abusive Spouse: Are There Two Kinds of Batterers? - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
They say victims of domestic abuse come in all shapes and sizes, yet have some very distinct commonalities characteristic of being in an abusive relationship. Abusive spouses, on the other hand, come in two very distinct breeds. What are they? Two Kinds of Batterers: There are those that bully in... Submitted 2 years 344 days ago.

Domestic Violence Recovery - Fear Is a Choice and Has a Consequence - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
If you chose fear, then the object of your fear is scary. If you chose not to fear, the object is neutral. Fear is a choice. And the choice you make will determine how you see the other person, thing or situation AND how you experience yourself relative to that personhow you experience yourself... Submitted 2 years 350 days ago.

Emotionally Abusive Relationship - 5 Signs Your Relationship is Emotionally Abusive - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
Lack of emotional safety is the number one indicator of a potentially dangerous relationship. It may seem subtle, yet it is ever so significant with respect to your well-being. When you have emotional safety, it's palatable. You can feel it in every fiber of your being. When it's missing, you may... Submitted 2 years 353 days ago.

Healing from Emotional Abuse: The Memory Is in the Muscle - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
The memory is in the muscle. We hear people vividly taste remnants of the feelings surrounding old trauma when faced with a trigger of the context in which that original trauma was experienced. It's truly as though the memory is in the muscle. We know this phenomenon to be characteristic of... Submitted 2 years 355 days ago.

Signs of Emotional Abuse - Lack of Emotional Safety as an Indicator of Abusive Relationships - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
Emotional safety is vague when it isn't there, and it's ever so palatable when it is. What is being emotionally safe? And how does this serve as an indicator...an internal red flag of a potentially destructive relationship. What is emotional safety? Emotionally safe is a feeling that your inner... Submitted 3 years 2 days ago.

Abusive Relationship - How to Break the Cycle of Domestic Abuse - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
A common question people ask is what are some practical ways to break the cycle of abuse? First is identifying the syndrome It is essential that you have identified the cluster of symptoms that defines domestic violence and understand how it lives in your life. Giving it a name is number one. If... Submitted 3 years 36 days ago.

Abusive Relationships - What is the Difference between Being Abusive and Being an Abuser? - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
What is the difference between "being abusive" and "being an abuser?" I hear this question by people trying to determine if they are entangled in intimate partner violence, even when they don't know this term. What they want to know is: Am I in a dangerously abusive relationship? I think being... Submitted 3 years 91 days ago.

After the Abusive Relationship – 7 Tips for Knowing You’re Doing What Is Right for You - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
Domestic violence survivors often wonder what next? Now, that I'm no longer defined by my role in my "other life," then what next... Who is this person? What is this person? What ought this person be doing with her life? In some respects this pondering is typical of battered women. However, it's... Submitted 3 years 145 days ago.

Abusive Relationship Healing – 5 Tips for Lifting Depression after Your Abusive Relationship - - Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.
It is common knowledge that when one is beaten down, they feel beaten down. So it's no wonder that domestic abuse survivors frequently suffer from depression. We see this in individuals living in an abusive relationship, and in those having left their abuser. What is it that makes it possible... Submitted 3 years 195 days ago.