When you set a boundary with an abuser, they typically become more abusive. There’s usually no combination of words and technique that you can use to make an abusive person respect your boundaries. This is actually part of what being an abuser means. When you...
October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month. I’ve been thinking about this month all year. If you’re reading this, you know Emotional Abuse is one of the hardest forms of abuse to recognize. Victims claims are often dismissed simply because their wounds are...
The red flags you see in the beginning of a relationship typically become the reasons a relationships fails later on. He doesn’t respond to your messages? He doesn’t care. He doesn’t respond with definitive plans? Planning with you is not a priority....
Many of my clients desperately want to know if (and how) their emotionally abusive partner can change. This is very normal. You are likely an empathetic person who would make changes if you were hurting someone you care about. This is not true for manipulative people....
As many of you know, my daughter is entering Kindergarten in September and I am feeling a lot of feelings! I’ve taken a week and a half off at the end of the month to catch up on some to-do’s for my business before the school year and spend some time with...