Sharon, one of the members of our website, emailed me asking me to write more on abuse, particularly covert incest. She was in the process of ending her 4-year marriage with her covertly abusive husband, who is emotionally incestuous with his adult daughter.
“There is no physical involvement, but the only person my husband feels safe [...]
Many people have done the tough work of recovery from sexual abuse, whether with help in therapy or on one’s own. It challenges us to the core, but it also frees us, and gives life and possibility where we once felt that we might never get through it.
For some, getting into a relationship, or [...]
Lisa was terrified that she was going to die. She was trapped in her bed with severe heart problems. For seven years, she was struggling with an abusive husband. Even though her condition was treated with operations, medication, and regular doctor visits, Lisa was getting worse.
The 66-year-old woman had not been dealing with her [...]
Over the course of my career, I have helped many clients pursue a sense of personal power and emotional health sufficient enough to be safe, strong, and healthy while working through relationships with aggressive and/or abusive partners. Generally speaking, these aggressive/abusive partners flourish in relationships in which they are given the power to control a [...]
Emotional or physical abuse is an all too frequent occurrence for many children and women. Surveys indicate that as many as a fifth of all women are verbally abused at some time during their marriage, and at least 10% of them are abused on a regular basis.
When raging, some men will use verbal or physical [...]
All around the world you hear people talk about physical abuse and sexual abuse. Sadly, there are several people throughout the world who are emotionally abused everyday and may not even recognize it because not many people do recognize this type of abuse.
What exactly is emotional abuse? Emotional abuse is constant ridicule by someone [...]
Living within the hell that is called an abusive relationship is sometimes unbearable. Most people that aren’t involved in one have a lack of understanding of what it’s like. It is very easy for people to say, why doesn’t she leave for good? What is it that is holding her back to bear such humiliation? [...]
HYPNOTHERAPY FOR
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS
by
Dr. Trudie Bartholomew, Ph.D
CMA, B.Msc, M.Msc, Msc.D, C.Ht, D.D. (USA),D.Emed,D.EMed (Psych)
Doctor of Metaphysical Science (USA)
Doctor of Divinity : Pastoral Counselling Psychology (USA)
Certified Hypnotherapiist (IMDHA – USA)
Ethnomedicine Practitioner
Ethnomedicine Practitioner (Psych)
Traditional Herbal Practitioner
Member of the Pastoral Psychology Institute (USA)
Committee Member -Accreditation Committee of EPASA – Ethnomedicine Practitioners Association of S.A.
President of [...]
One of America’s leading experts on emotional abuse shows you how to stop the devastating cycle of abuse and start taking control of your life Emotional abuse is far more common than physical abuse–and often more difficult to [...]
It’s the cycle of abuse. Abusers always have a history of childhood abuse. They don’t mean to pass it on and they would do better if they knew how. Whether you are the abuse victim or perpetrator, you must make a decision to stop the cycle of dysfunction now. Yes, the spider web of abuse [...]
