The very first book I bought and read when I began my quest to study abuse was Physical Abusers and Sexual Offenders [Affiliate link] by Scott Allen Johnson. It is not a Christian book. Johnson's thesis is that therapists and researchers have erred in not realizing that these two forms of abuse are very often linked… Continue reading Abuse and Empathy: How Abusers Flunk the Empathy Test
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Post Separation Abuse: My Experience and How I am Trying to Overcome
When I left my husband in Europe, I was completely unprepared for what I have heard Barbara call “Post Separation Abuse”. Somehow, I thought that, if I left, he would be gone — vanish completely out of my life and we would all be better! This was a highly naive thought. As we all know and I… Continue reading Post Separation Abuse: My Experience and How I am Trying to Overcome