Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> Abuse - Domestic Partner Abuse

How do you identify the warning signs of dangerous and controlling behaviours before you become romantically involved?

Dilys Sillah works as a life coach, helping women from all walks of life to improve their self-confidence and self-worth. All too often, she finds that the women who turn to her for support share the same deep-rooted problems and many become trapped in emotionally damaging relationships.

When she tried to help a young girl who was being blamed for having been raped, rather than being treated as a victim of crime, Dilys knew she had to...

One in four women will experience domestic violence. We all know a woman whose life is dominated and controlled by her partner - and we might not even realize it.

Many women find themselves in the thrall of the Charm Syndrome Man, a man whose distinct pattern of behavior and use of charm ultimately serves to gain control over the woman. In the new edition of her classic work, Sandra Horley CBE draws on almost four decades supporting abused women to provide an insight into the reality behind the mask of the charming man.

The book's aim is to show women they are not alone and to...

Carly Lee's repeated exposure to childhood domestic violence at the hands of her own parent, deeply affected how she viewed the world and had a devastating impact on her emotional development and growth. As an adult she came to view control and fear as acceptable in a romantic relationship. This was her normal.

As a young adult Carly's own choices would lead her to repeat the patterns of becoming a victim of domestic violence. She was humiliated and embarrassed that her adult choices had allowed herself to become a victim. A tipping point would come in her life after experiencing...

Panic was rising in her throat and the smell of gunpowder was burning her nostrils. Doors opening and closing. Burst of light. Distant shouts. Blinding pain flashing through her head. The child next to her screaming. She reached to comfort the child and her arms fell limp. Waves of terror rolled over her as she realized that she couldn't move, but the fear was swimming upstream against the inner pain that threatened to drown her. Somebody help me.......

Janice and her children broke away from suffering through years of abuse, only to find that the nightmare wasn't over, it...