Churches must evaluate the entrapment barriers they create and perpetuate that keep victims entrapped in abuse — Andrea Aleksandrova

Victims usually stay with abusers because they face entrapment barriers that prevent them from leaving. "Churches must evaluate the entrapment barriers they create and perpetuate that keep victims entrapped in abuse," says Andrea Aleksandrova in her superb article Becoming A Safe Church: How churches can become safe spaces for victims of domestic abuse. I am… Continue reading Churches must evaluate the entrapment barriers they create and perpetuate that keep victims entrapped in abuse — Andrea Aleksandrova

Beyond Boundaries — by Andrea Aleksandrova

Victims need strategy, not boundaries. Andrea Aleksandrova does a great job of explaining coercive control; how victims strategically resist coercive control; and why it's not helpful to define domestic abuse by a list of behaviours.