Just days before my first book goes to print, I’ve had one last boo, making word and editorial changes. To do this, I’ve read every word meticulously and totally focused, trying to see if I said what I want in the clearest way [...]

Tags: Abuse, book, marriage counseling, marriage help, marriage problems, marriage therapy, power and control

Norm discusses one aspect of how abusive control disguised as nice, can contribute to multiple personality disorder and dissociative issues.

Tags: Abuse, control freak, counseling therapist, dissociative identity disorder, Mental Health, multiple personality disorder, personalities, power and control, power and control dynamics, struggle

The trouble is that women often believe that they are the cause of the violence and coupled with the fact that they have such a sense of trying to figure out how to protect their partner, that even when police have to be called to help, she is still protective of him.

Tags: Abuse, counseling therapy, domestic violence, marriage problems, police intervention, police protection, relationship authority, Relationship therapist, therapist