By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD. “When I left my husband so my kids and I could survive, the community left...
By Shahida Arabi 1. Constantly doubting your self-worth. Where once you were self-confident and assured, you are now in people-pleasing mode. Your...
By Amanda Kippert Essentially they’re a temporary restraining order for guns. Called ERPOs, or Extreme Risk Protection Orders, these orders...
By Amanda Kippert Emily* estimates it cost her between $30,000 and $40,000 to get divorced from her ex-husband, a man...
By Stephanie Thurrott One way abusers control domestic violence survivors is by convincing them they’re responsible for their own abuse....
By Shelley Flannery I know what happened. I’m not imagining things. Am I imagining things? He’s right, I must be imagining...
By Jill FilipovicAfter a video surfaced of football player Ray Rice punching out his then-fiancée Janay in an elevator, domestic...
By Domestishelter.org Gaslighting is a term that describes a type of emotional and psychological abuse in which an abuser convinces...
By Amanda Kippert When trying to prove domestic violence in court, some survivors wear the evidence on their skin in...
By domesticshelters.org Sometimes the hardest part about getting help when you’re with an abuser is recognizing that you’re with one...