Identifying Abuse

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  Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships: Eight Tactics

  When sex in a couple is not exactly violent, but not entirely voluntary, either | Sexual coercion refers to using nonviolent means to pressure an unwilling partner to ... read more

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  Revenge Porn Meets the Law: Federal Protections for Victims

  A federal law on nonconsensual distribution of sexual images, or “revenge porn,” is poised to become law | Forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and one U.S. t... read more

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  What is Physical Abuse?

  There’s never an excuse for a partner to be physically violent. This comprehensive guide breaks down what’s involved in physical abuse | Physical abuse in a relationsh... read more

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  What Are the Power and Control Wheels?

  A comprehensive guide to the many versions of this helpful illustration that outlines tactics abusers use | Many survivors of domestic abuse and violence will say that... read more

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  A Guide to Coercive Control

  How to recognize this subtle yet dangerous form of domestic abuse | Coercive control refers to any pattern of behavior an abuser uses to dominate their partner and lim... read more

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  Is Your Partner Exploiting Your Work?

  You work too hard, and you feel you have no choice about it. Is your partner exploiting your labor? | In many [healthy] couples, both people work hard but neither pers... read more

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  Bad News: Anyone Can Be a Gaslighter

  Gaslighting is a manipulation technique used by narcissists everywhere. How to spot examples of gaslighting by co-workers, friends and acquaintances | Gaslighting is u... read more

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  What Is Elder Abuse?

  A comprehensive guide to understanding domestic violence and the role of adult protective services | Elder abuse is the intentional or negligent mistreatment of an adu... read more

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  What is Verbal Abuse?

  A comprehensive guide to understanding how an argument can be healthy, but a pattern of ongoing degradation is not | Arguments are normal, even healthy, in a relations... read more

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  What Is Financial Abuse?

  A comprehensive guide to understanding, escaping and recovering from financial abuse | When we think about domestic violence and abuse, we don’t often think about how ... read more

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  What Is Emotional Abuse?

  A comprehensive guide to understanding emotional abuse | If there’s a weakness that abusers can exploit in a survivor, they’ll find it. One’s emotional stability is ju... read more

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  What Is Sexual Abuse?

  A comprehensive guide to recognizing sexual abuse and domestic violence | Sexual abuse is any unwanted sexual contact obtained by force, threats or when a victim is un... read more

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  Yes, Abusive Partners Brainwash Their Victims

  Abusers deliberately make their partners feel disoriented, dependent and worthless. Learn how to recover from this type of control | “I felt like he programmed me.” “... read more

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  What Is Trauma Bonding?

  A comprehensive guide to understanding trauma bonding | Imagine that you’re with a partner who’s abusive. They’re degrading you verbally, they’re playing psychological... read more

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  10 Suggestions for Coping with Loneliness in the Pandemic

  Loneliness might make you feel like calling up an ex, and when abuse was involved, this is a horrible idea | Domestic abusers isolate their partners as a controlling t... read more