Discover what narcissistic abuse is and how it affects individuals. Learn about the signs, effects, and ways to cope.
Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is an expression of abusive power and control in an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological, and sexual harm. Intimate Partner Violence includes acts of physical aggression, psychological abuse, coercive control and sexual abuse.
Women targeted for non-fatal strangulation by an intimate partner or family member are 750% at risk of being killed by the same perpetrator.
Luke Mackie, 21, has been jailed for coercive and controlling behavior of two former girlfriends.
What is gaslighting? Learn the definition, signs, and some examples of this covert form of psycho-emotional abuse commonly used by narcissists.
Dr. Charlotte Bishop on the systemic gaps that makes it difficult to prove coercive or controlling behavior in a court of law.
Attachment specialist Dr. Michael Kinsey of Mindsplain on the four main reasons for parent-child estrangement in narcissistic abuse.
50% of women between the age 18-44 have been targeted for reproductive coercion according to a poll by BBC News.
Coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts used by one person to harm, punish or frighten another person to secure psycho-emotional dominance.
CHILD-TO-PARENT VIOLENCE (CPV) is estimated to occur in up to 1 in 10 families. ITV News reports that a growing number of people are experiencing parental abuse by children. Experts say that the incidence of child-to-parent violence increased during the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the stigma associated with this most taboo form of domestic abuse, two out of three parents experiencing child-to-parent…
DARVO is an initialism that stands for Deny, Attack, Reverse, Victim, and Offender. It describes a defense tactic used avoid accountability.