When an Abuser Controls the Story
Abusers lie about incidents before you have a chance to tell your side Shelley Flannery For a host of reasons—shock, embarrassment, guilt, shame, safety—it’s difficult enough to come forward about…
Resisting Control When It’s Disguised as Love
Seeing through an abuser's performances of "love" gives victims renewed power By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD with Laura Marjorie Miller Abusive and controlling partners often use "loving" acts to manipulate…