An IRIS is a teenage girl or woman who exhibits Incredible Resilience and Inner Strength while overcoming the cycle of abuse. National Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE http://www.whitehouse.gov/thepressoffice/2010/10/01/presidential-proclamation-national-domestic-violence-awareness-month C. Joi Phillips is founder and president of The IRIS Initiative. She is the author of Memoir of an IRIS. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence Prevention, [...]
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One of my aims in life is to speak out against verbal and emotional abuse because it often is not recognized as a genuine form of abuse. I regularly include segments on this topic in my classes on emotions, love and relationships. I was actually surprised to find myself in that situation without knowing what [...]
Verbal abuse can be as emotionally disturbing as physical abuse. Unlike physical abuse, verbal abuse does not give rise to bruises, broken limbs or black eyes. Instead, it often gives rise to anxiety, fear, despair, depression or a compulsive disorder. Because verbal abuse does not leave easily recognizable physical marks, it can be hard for [...]
Posted in Relationships Tags: anger, anger outburst, belittling, How to stop verbal abuse, signs of verbal abuse, verbal abuse, yelling No Comments »If a husband or partner is extremely insecure, or a dyed in the wool chauvinist (one in the same?), having a successful wife is most certainly going to rock the boat and probably not the marital bed. On a recent episode of the TV show Private Practice, Dr. Charlotte King told her boyfriend that she [...]
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