Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D.

Healing Relationship Abuse - What's Empathy Have to Do With Healing From Domestic Abuse?

What's empathy got to do with healing domestic abuse injury? Everything. Domestic abuse healing is much like healing other social trauma and psychological injury. Hearing You It all starts with attention. When you are seen and heard by another, you open onto yourself and through that attention, healing begins. All too often domestic abuse survivors endure... (posted by Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D. 302 days 2 hours ago.)

Grieving After Your Abusive Relationship - "Why Do I Still Love the Abuser I left?"

I often hear patients and readers ask, "What do I do about the fact that I still love the abuser that I left?" How can that be, she longs to know, as this is the person that injured her, brought her grief...or as some say, ruined her life. What's Love Got to Do With It? When there is intimate partner abuse, it's usually not about pure love after the fact; it's... (posted by Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D. 303 days 4 hours ago.)

Domestic Abuse Signs - When Physical Abuse Opens Your Eyes to Mental, Psychological and Sexual Abuse

Many people living in abusive relationships say they were glad when their partner first hit them. Now, I don't mean glad in the "happy" sense. I mean "glad" in the "thank God for helping me see" sense. Physical Abuse Shakes You Awake If you are hit, slapped, shoved, kicked, or subjected to any kind of physical force by your partner, you more... (posted by Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D. 304 days 5 hours ago.)

Domestic Violence by Proxy - How to Heal the Lingering Legacy of Trauma, Tragedy and Terror

Being shoved out of your children's lives is a violation like none other. Rallying your kids up to be the pistol that carries the bullets blasting your heart open is equally horrific. In fact, this method was one practiced by Hitler in tormenting the Jews. Literally, …the children were ordered to shoot their parents in cold blood. I can hear the sound... (posted by Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D. 308 days 6 hours ago.)

Borderlines and Emotional Abusers - When Borderlines Are Abusive in Their Intimate Relationships

Sometimes individuals with a borderline personality disorder present like emotional abusers, and this has important clinical implications for treatment. A close look at the DSM-IV criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder sheds light on this relationship. The Borderline's Abuse Characteristics What is it about the borderline personality disorder... (posted by Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D. 340 days 3 hours ago.)

Verbal Emotional Abuse - How to Get Out of the Line of Fire

Your partner is angry about God only knows what and there you are in the line of fire. He may start with some derogatory comment about the way you manage (or fail to manage) your life. And quickly, he tosses in his resentment toward your family and their character. Then, before you know it, he's bringing in and unloading the whole darn truck. You know you are being ambushed with his verbal... (posted by Dr. Jeanne King Ph.D. 1 year 7 days ago.)