Every ten minutes, somewhere in the world, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member.1 This grim reality, revealed in the UN’s Femicides in 2023 report, exposes the harrowing scale of the global femicide crisis. Categorized as the most extreme form of misogyny, femicide is the fatal culmination of a broader epidemic of violence against…
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Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has allegedly been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and is receiving treatment in prison.
Learn about narcissistic mother abuse, its emotional impact on children, and compassionate approaches to healing.
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Reflections on the role of attachment disorders in addiction as well as family- and intimate partner violence.
New allegations surface that disgraced mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs influenced convicted rapist Danny Masterson’s predatory behavior.
Conversations about domestic abuse are often focused on what’s visible—physical violence, bruises, the tangible evidence of harm. However, physical violence is an instrument used to enforce regimes of coercive control in which victim-survivors are carefully groomed from subjugation using a pattern of psycho-emotional manipulation called coercive control. Over time, the cumulative effects of this type of abuse lead to the…
On July 1, 2020, domestic violence survivors in Florida received expanded legal protections that include their pets. Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bipartisan Senate Bill 1082 into law in June, 2020 allowing courts to include their pets in restraining orders against abusers.1 Perpetrators of coercive control may target pets as a means of inducing fear and submission in the victim, putting their lives at risk….
Signs of love bombing often marks the first stage of the cycle of narcissistic abuse. People with narcissistic tendencies frequently lavish excessive affection, attention, and gifts on their romantic partners. What may seem like a whirlwind romance and profound devotion, conceals a more calculated intention—manipulation and control. Manipulative people use love bombing to quickly build emotional dependence, only to withdraw…
The narcissistic abuse cycle often begins with an intense period of love bombing followed by a shift to devaluation. As the relationship deteriorates, the recipient of the abuse often desperately seeks to restore the initial connection, only to be met with increasing coldness and criticism. Indifference then seeps in, marking the final stage before the relationship ends with an inevitable…