Category: Abuse

The Verbally Abusive Relationship

The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition: How to recognize it and how to respond, by Patricia Evans. (2010).

From Amazon.com, “In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. You’ll get more of the answers you need to recognize abuse when it happens, respond to abusers safely and appropriately, and most important, lead a happier, healthier life.

In two all-new chapters, Evans reveals the Outside Stresses driving the rise in verbal abuse – and shows you how you can mitigate the devastating effects on your relationships. She also outlines the Levels of Abuse that characterize this kind of behavior – from subtle, insidious put-downs that can erode your self-esteem to full-out tantrums of name-calling, screaming, and threatening that can escalate into physical abuse.

Drawing from hundreds of real situations suffered by real people just like you, Evans offers strategies, sample scripts, and action plans designed to help you deal with the abuse – and the abuser.

This timely new edition of The Verbally Abusive Relationship puts you on the road to recognizing and responding to verbal abuse, one crucial step at a time!”

15 Common Forms of Verbal Abuse in Relationships

15 Common Forms of Verbal Abuse in Relationships:  The abuser feels more powerful when he puts down his victim.

March 27, 2015

By Berit Brogaard, D.M.Sci., Ph.D.

At Psychologytoday.com

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mysteries-love/201503/15-common-forms-verbal-abuse-in-relationships

Maternal Deprivation: The Effects of the Fundamental Absence of Love

Maternal Deprivation: The Effects of the Fundamental Absence of Love

By Rev Sheri Heller, LCSW
~ 3 min read

https://pro.psychcentral.com/maternal-deprivation-the-effects-of-the-fundamental-absence-of-love/

Violence Against Women—It’s a Men’s Issue

Violence Against Women—It’s a Men’s Issue

By Jackson Katz at TEDxFiDiWomen

TEDx Talks

Published on February 11, 2013

Jackson Katz, Phd, is an anti-sexist activist and expert on violence, media and masculinities. An author, filmmaker, educator and social theorist, Katz has worked in gender violence prevention work with diverse groups of men and boys in sports culture and the military, and has pioneered work in critical media literacy.Katz is the creator and co-founder of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program, which advocates the ‘bystander approach’ to sexual and domestic violence prevention. You’ve also seen him in the award winning documentary “MissRepresentation.” To learn more about TEDxFiDiWomen, whether to attend, volunteer, speak or sponsor, please click on the following link!

http://tedxfidiwomen.herokuapp.com/ To learn more about Jackson Katz, please visit http://www.jacksonkatz.com In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

 

4 Ways Emotional Neglect From Your Childhood Can Harm Your Relationships

4 Ways Emotional Neglect From Your Childhood Can Harm Your Relationships

By Jonice Webb, PhD
~ 4 min read

At Psychcentral.com

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/childhood-neglect/2017/11/4-ways-emotional-neglect-from-your-childhood-can-harm-your-relationships/?utm_source=Psych+Central+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a6a341cba6-GEN_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c648d0eafd-a6a341cba6-29826629

Wounded Boys Heroic Men

Wounded Boys Heroic Men: A Man’s Guide to Recovering from Child Abuse, by Daniel Jay Sonkin, PhD. (2011)

From Amazon.com: “Specifically written for men who have been physically, sexually, or psychologically abused, Wounded Boys, Heroic Men is a groundbreaking workbook for transformation. Insightful anecdotes provide relief, comfort, and hope while step-by-step instructions teach the methods by which abused men can escape the vicious cycle of abusing others. Dr. Sonkin carefully analyzes the feelings, attitudes, and behavior patterns necessary so that the healing process can take place. He describes how the abused can finally make peace with the abuser while finding inner peace. Equally important, the book will help friends and family members better understand the struggles these men face.”