You may have asked the question: Why does she stay? Or why does he put up with that? And you may be familiar with the laundry list of inner and outer reasons why people in abusive relationships stay.
There are a few "tipping-point" factors to this decision. Seeing other options is the number one key to leaving an abusive relationship in the moment that leaving is ever so right. But very few domestic violence survivors have this in place when they need it most.
There are a few "tipping-point" factors to this decision. Seeing other options is the number one key to leaving an abusive relationship in the moment that leaving is ever so right. But very few domestic violence survivors have this in place when they need it most.
How can we help those entangled in an abusive relationship to create these "other" options well before they need to exercise them?
Read Dr. King's entire article Daughter in Abusive Relationship - Helping Your Child Leave an Abusive Relationship
Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D., our official Abusive Relationships Expert
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