Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
To watch the masterclass, go to https://vimeo.com/304100792 It will open in this tab, I can't get it to open in a new tab. I found the video at the Insight Exchange Vimeo Channel — took some digging to find it because it was at the very bottom of their list of videos! In the masterclass,… Continue reading Language and Violence Masterclass by Dr Linda Coates
The so-called Stockholm Syndrome explains why people stay in abusive situations, why people cannot see the evidence that it is an abusive situation, and why victims of abuse can remain irrationally loyal to the abuser. In this article, I have loosely transcribed Meredith Miller's explanation and added a few clarifying words of my own. Meredith… Continue reading Stockholm Syndrome: isolation, perceived acts of kindness, perceived life threat, perceived inablity to escape.
