Share Welcome A father who coercively controls a mother is neglecting the children they share. In June 2023 this was the conclusion reached in a New York City family court. The court in Kings County (Brooklyn) reached this decision in the matter of Ms. Taisha R. (the mother) and Mr. Ariel T. (the father). This …
Welcome Welcome to Part 3 of Explaining Coercive Control to People Who Don’t Quite Get It: A Series. Here, the focus is going to be on The Myth That Victims-Survivors Are Crazy And Unstable People. This follows from Part 1 and Part 2 in the series: Part 1, ‘The Myth that Incidents of Physical Violence …
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Welcome Welcome to my latest blog! It’s wonderful to see it thriving so much in the five months since it began — it now has a readership community of over 2,500 people. No doubt this will continue to grow. So many people want to know more about coercive control. I’m particularly pleased with the reception …
Post-Separation Abuse and the Devastation It Causes Read More »
Welcome This is part 2 of my series Explaining Coercive Control to People Who Don’t Quite Get It. Part 1 can be read here. This series will explain why the common responses that people have to victims-survivors and to perpetrators are often based on misunderstandings, and how these misunderstandings can be really harmful and hurtful …
The Myth That Coercive and Controlling Domestic Abusers Can Be Adequate Parents Read More »
Welcome There is a whole world of research into domestic violence and abuse out there, with new studies being published all the time. I’ve been thinking recently about how useful some of this research could be for survivors and those who work with and care about survivors, if only they knew about it and had …
Children’s Thoughts About Their Domestic Violence Perpetrating Fathers Read More »
Welcome While being very busy recently with my new job, I’ve been delighted that part 1 of my new series of blogs Explaining Coercive Control to People Who Don’t Quite Get It has already been read over 7,000 times. Part 1 of the series was called Busting the myth that incidents of physical violence are …
Welcome I launched this blog in November and I’m delighted that it already has over 1,000 subscribers! My first entries of 2023 will be a series dedicated to myth-busting around coercive control. This series will explain why the common responses that people have to victims-survivors and to perpetrators are often based on misunderstandings, and how …
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Welcome The holidays can be a tough time for abuse survivors, with traumatic events being remembered, and quite possibly still being experienced in the present. As a university teacher, I purposefully avoid wishing people ‘happy holidays’ at this time of year, because I don’t want to survivors to have that all-too-familiar feeling that their experiences …
Supporting a child who has experienced domestic abuse Read More »
