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Domestic Abuse: How to Help Someone You Think Might Be at Risk

By Alison Gregory — 2020

A common concern is feeling like you don’t know enough to respond well, but simply listening can help someone to break the silence around their situation.

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What Is Gaslighting? How to Avoid Mental Manipulation and Emotional Abuse with Terri Cole

What Is Gaslighting? How to Avoid Mental Manipulation and Emotional Abuse - Terri Cole If this video describes your situation, please don’t give up. The first step is to understand that it’s happening.

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Terri Cole
2017
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Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Trauma and Recovery is revered as the seminal text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a broader political frame, Harvard psychiatrist Judith Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context.

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Judith Herman
2015
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Could You Be a Victim of Domestic Violence? | Ben Bjarnesen | TEDxUQ

Domestic violence is insidious and widespread—but how do we handle this issue in the context of same-sex relationships? Ben Bjarnesen is an educator and campaigner who believes that all people, no matter what their sexuality or gender identity is, deserve the right to live a life free from domestic...

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2021
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‘The Day Ahead’ Looks at LGBTQ Domestic Violence

An in-depth look by Newsy’s morning show on how the complicated issue of domestic violence can be even more difficult in the LGBTQ community.

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2018
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Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship

When you are showered with attention, it can feel incredibly romantic and can blind you to hints of problems ahead. But what happens when attentiveness becomes domination? In some relationships, the desire to control leads to jealousy, gaslighting, threats, micromanaging—even physical violence.

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Lisa Aronson Fontes
2025
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Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them: Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence

Domestic violence in gay male relationships is the third largest health problem for gay men in America today. Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them breaks the silence surrounding gay male domestic violence and exposes this hidden yet prevalent and destructive problem.

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David Island
1991
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In the Dream House: A Memoir

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse.

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Carmen Maria Machado
2020
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Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence

Written by and for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, Written on the Body offers support, guidance and hope for those who struggle to find safety at home, in the body, and other unwelcoming places.

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Lexie Bean
2018
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The Discussion Board Podcast: “Athletes and Domestic Violence”

Josiah Darnell and Shariff Bukari discuss the apparent issue between athletes, particularly the NFL, and Domestic Violence. Starting with the most recent case with Seattle Seahawks Offensive Lineman Chad Wheeler. They also discuss males and masculine stereotypes in society.

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2021
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Episode 7: Domestic Violence and Professional Sports

On this week’s episode, we were joined by two very exciting guests from the NFL, George Gregory and Arthur Hightower, who discussed with us how the league is working to end domestic violence.

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2021
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