Risk assessment is a vital ingredient in safety planning with abuse victims. The MOSAIC Threat Assessment method is an online risk / threat assessment method developed by Gavin de Becker who wrote the excellent book The Gift Of Fear [Affiliate link], MOSAIC helps the assessor weigh a situation, for example, a situation where an abuse victim… Continue reading Risk Assessment— The MOSAIC method
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Dealing with fear while setting boundaries
Many victims find it hard to deal with fears that come up when they think about setting boundaries to distance themselves from their abusers. Here are some thoughts that might help. I've extracted them from an email conversation I had recently with a survivor, so I'm speaking to a survivor in the second person, addressing… Continue reading Dealing with fear while setting boundaries
