Domestic Abuse

  A trauma bond is an attachment to an abuser in a relationship with a cyclical pattern of abuse. Patrick Carnes, Ph.D., coined the term in 1997. He defined it as an adaptive, dysfunctional attachment occurring in the presence of…

  You’ve been through the divorce process, the paperwork is signed and it’s final. Time to move forward and put all that behind you, right? Not always! If your ex hasn’t been able to navigate the divorce in an emotionally healthy manner…

  I remember sitting in the living room after a shower watching my husband pace back and forth in front of me from the kitchen to the bedroom. Back again. Stopping occasionally to scream one more thing in my face. Then, as if he was…