What is Financial Abuse?
By Amanda Kippert When we think about domestic violence and abuse, we don’t often think about how money plays into...
Teaching Teens About Dating Violence
By Amanda Kippert We teach our children from a young age to be kind to one another. Hitting is never...
Am I Being Abused?
By Shelley Flannery Coercive control refers to any pattern of behavior an abuser uses to dominate their partner and limit...
Psychology Today: Understanding Coercive Control
By Lisa Aronson Fontes Ph.D., Coauthored with Pamela J. Miller, JD., MSW. Coercive control and the severe abuse professionals refer...
CJE Releases Child Safety Report
CJE is a nonprofit organization based in San Rafael, California. Our mission is to protect child abuse and domestic violence...
Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds
By Shelley Flannery When healthy relationships end, there may be sadness, anger, guilt or regret, but eventually, both parties move...
Abusive Red Flags Everyone Should Know
By Amanda Kippert Domestic violence and abuse are insidious crimes, meaning that abusers often sneak up on their victims. As...
Is Mutual Abuse Real
By Stephanie Thurrott Mutual abuse—a term to describe two partners are mutually abusive against each other—is rare and seldom exists...
Abuse That’s Hard to Recognize: Coercive Control
By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD Isolation. Threats. Humiliation. Sometimes even physical abuse. These are the weapons of coercive control, a...
From Bullying to Domestic Violence
By Amanda Kippert Bullying should never be a rite of passage in anyone’s childhood. Once looked at as just “kids...