When Love Hurts training is happening soon
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Supporting Women
Spring training event for therapists, transition house staff, advocates and other helping professionals
We are excited to open registration today for a special spring training event for therapists, transition house staff, advocates and other helping professionals.
Refugees in their own country
The war in Syria has made all of us aware of a very large group of people who are living desperate lives as they flee their homes, everything they know and make arduous journeys to unfamiliar and overcrowded refugee camps. These refugees carrying with them the faint hope that some country will receive them and…
When a marriage is over because of abuse
I’ve been working with women impacted by abuse for over 18 years. I have never met a woman who wanted her marriage to be over. I have met lots of women who wanted – needed – the abuse to end and came to the painful realization that the only way the abuse was going to…
Instead of asking, “why doesn’t she leave?” ask, “why doesn’t he stop?”
Often when people are trying to understand woman abuse, the first question they ask is, “why doesn’t she leave?” This is a faulty starting point. The point really is why does he continue to be abusive and why does society, in subtle and not so subtle ways, allow the abuse to continue?
Don’t ask, “what is wrong with this woman?” Ask, “what has happened to this woman?”
When helping professionals focus on “what is wrong” with a woman who has experienced abuse, they miss the point entirely and usually do more damage to the woman. We see this often. Women who have been impacted by abuse are seen to have something wrong with them because they are anxious or depressed or self-medicating…
Do women who are abused think it is “normal”?
I hear the theory that if a woman was abused as a child she will think abuse is “normal” when she is an adult. This idea makes me angry and here is why. If we suggest that because a woman was abused as a child, she thinks abuse is normal, we are suggesting that she…
Rape in Marriage
Diana Russell’s (1990) landmark study of sexual assault established that marital rape is a serious problem that millions of women face each year. Researchers estimate that between 10% and 14% of married women experience rape in marriage. When researchers have examined the prevalence of different types of rape, they have found that marital rape accounts for approximately 25% of all rapes (Randall&Haskall, 1995).
One in three women who are raped contemplate suicide
One in three women who are raped contemplate suicide While 17% of rape victims actually attempt suicide. These disturbing statistics give us a window into the nightmare that survivors of rape experience.
Are there different types of abuse? Part 3
This video explores the different types of abuse – psychological, spiritual, cultural, emotional etc. This video will help those seeking to support women who have been abused as well as women themselves.
Do you know the 12 different types of abuse?
Do you know the 12 different types of abuse? How many types of woman abuse can you name? I have listed all 12 below with a couple examples of each. For a fuller exploration, look at our video about the different types of abuse.
Is it more dangerous for a woman to get into a car or into a relationship?
Watch this 30 second video for the answer: