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

After moving to the United States to pursue her education, Anna's future seems filled with promise and joy. She'd made excellent grades, earned her master's degree in engineering, and quickly climbed the ladder at a California firm.

When Anna meets Jason, she thinks she's found the perfect man to share her hopes and dreams with. The two fall in love, get married, and begin their life together. But unfortunately for this couple, a fairy-tale ending is nowhere to be found.

It begins slowly, with small cracks revealing underlying anger, small moments of backhanded insults and...

Have you been abused, rejected or abandoned? Have you ever felt that you 

wanted to die? Do you feel you will never get over what has happened to you?

In her book Sing O Barren, Lisa Harris-Corbitt who overcame abuse, shares 

her deeply personal story of being sexually and physically abused by her father, 

hated and emotionally abused by her mother, and repeatedly having toxic 

relationships with abusive men. Lisa tells how she overcame years of abuse 

by finding God’s love and purpose for her life. Lisa’s...

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...