When asked to write an article on the impacts parental alienation accusations had on me and my kids — I jumped at the chance. Telling my story proves to be healing each time I do it — largely in part because when all of this was happening, no one seemed to hear me or my…
This descriptive framework is a collection of signs, feelings, actions, attitudes, and more, that indicate that healing is happening.
Over the years, we have heard stories from women of counsellors who offered advice that was hurtful and sometimes even dangerous.
In our experience, when women are treated abusively in their relationship, they always seek ways to resist that treatment.
Research and frontline experiences have documented women’s narratives about how the dynamics of abuse are echoed in services and systems. The service landscape once viewed women with experiences of abuse as resilient survivors, and the systems in need of change. Now, individual women are more often framed as problematic and in need of treatment to…
One of the dynamics of abuse is that abusive men take away all the good choices for women so they are only left with bad choices.
Training for helping professionals to provide a proven framework and comprehensive guide to strengthen their practice and enrich the support they offer women who have experienced partner abuse.
One woman’s poetic description of navigating the horrors of Family Court.
To advance your skills in working with women with experiences of abuse attend the When Love Hurts training
If you have seen the value of the When Love Hurts book in the lives of the women you support, you will want to take this opportunity to learn how you can apply the When Love Hurts model, framework and tools in your group or individual work with women who have experienced abuse from a partner.
We are excited to open registration today for a special spring training event for therapists, transition house staff, advocates and other helping professionals.
The Best Practices Guide and Curriculum will give you a solid framework and a complete set of exercises and resources to effectively guide women through a journey of new awareness and healing. If you are experienced in this field, this guide will help consolidate many of the things you have already learned from women and perhaps bring some fresh perspectives, tools or insights to your work.