The cycle of abuse includes four stages—tension building, abuse, reconciliation, and calm—that allow abusers to control their victims through fear and manipulation. This pattern can trap victims and ...

The cycle of abuse is a theory conceptualized in 1979 by Lenore Walker that identifies continual, repeated events in an abusive relationship. It was originally established as a means of ...

If you grew up in a dysfunctional family, it can take time to break the cycle of abuse. A therapist shared common stages she sees in clients healing from trauma. The stages include noticing your ...

SAN DIEGO — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to recent data, financial abuse is the most prevalent, but least recognized, form of domestic violence. One in four women and one in ...

It doesn’t always start with yelling or bruises. Sometimes, abuse slips in quietly—disguised as control, masked as love, and dismissed as “just being difficult.” You find yourself second-guessing your ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — February 2024 is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. On Jan. 31, 2024 the President Joe Biden’s administration wrote that “during National Teen Dating ...

“It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.” These are the poignant final words of Lily, the lead character in Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, “It Ends with Us.” Spoken to her newborn baby, ...

I've been consumed with the news this week about Brandon Thessfeld's arrest in the grisly murder of Ole Miss student Ally Kostial. I am reminded of the arrest of Ayoola Ajayi last month in the murder ...

The Allstate Foundation is providing $5 million in funding to the National Domestic Violence Hotline and FreeFrom. These transformative grants will support survivors' immediate needs: emergency crisis ...

MOSES LAKE – On a single day in October, the Moses Lake Police Department received 62 calls for service, according to its records. More than one in eight of those was a domestic incident. “We’re ...