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by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

When the family wants the patient sick, treatment and recovery are impossible. This is the way it usually appears for all practical purposes. Family members’ defenses protect interpersonal and intergenerational dysfunction...unless the patient is internally inspired and externally supported to break the cycle.

As clinicians we know the patient’s resistance is an integral part of the psychotherapeutic change process. And in the context of therapy we learn to work with… Continue

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

People say once a victim, always a victim. I beg to differ.

Over the years I have been watching men and women grow to become self-sufficient, self-respecting people who have no tolerance for being abused any more. These people have completely healed from domestic abuse.

To read the complete article, please visit: Healing from Domestic Abuse – How to Know if You Will Avo… Continue

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

A survivor asks, “Once your abusive partner has used the legal system for further abuse, and final papers are filed with you having to see a psychologist of his choosing, what do you do? How do you turn the case around? He continues to threaten to take the children away.”

When you are in this situation, it feels like something went “wrong.” You ask yourself, “How is it that I’m the victim/survivor and I’m having to defend myself and prove my mental/emotional stability… Continue

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Some people think that emotional abuse is vague. They say it’s hard to define, hard to identify and simply can’t be seen. Not so!

Emotional abuse is as clear as your feelings when they are felt. It’s the smothering of or dismantling of your inner well-being, your self-inspired passions, your inner knowing of what is true for you.

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by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

I hear people say, “My partner is controlling and he puts me down.” Then they add, “It is abusive, but it’s only verbal.”

The question I have is, how do you feel about that? How does it make you feel when spoken to as he/she does? And how do feel about yourself in relation to your partner?

To read the complete article, please visit: Verbal Abuse in M… Continue