Abuse

The current political push to eliminate no-fault divorce is dangerous, particularly for women in abusive relationships. Read more

Post-separation abuse can easily masquerade as a simple "bad breakup." Read more

Maintaining a sense of well-being with a narcissist requires clarity, clear expectations, and self-compassion. Read more

How you document sessions with clients in emotionally abusive relationships can either help or harm them in family court. Read more

Why aren't we doing more to support male survivors of intimate partner violence? Read more

Just because a relationship isn't physically violent doesn't mean emotional abuse won't turn violent. Read more

Entitlement, the characteristic that best indicates when coercive control is narcissistically driven, makes treating perpetrators challenging—but not... Read more

The arrival of children in a coercively controlling relationship adds a complicated abuse accelerant. Read more

The more informed we are about narcissistic abuse and coercive control, the more we can support survivors of intimate partner violence on their road to healing. Read more

Seeking protection from a violent relationship is difficult enough on its own, but for Black women, the problem is compounded many times over. Read more

The way neglect can shape a child’s brain is often misunderstood. Read more

Watch this clip of Dr. Ramani explaining the signs of narcissistic abuse in a relationship and what it looks like in your therapy office. Read more

Watch this clip of Dr. Ramani explaining how to help your clients who are survivors of narcissistic and build trust. Read more

Watch this clip of Dr. Ramani explaining what betrayal blindness looks like in relationships impacted by narcissistic abuse. Read more

Intimate partner violence isn’t as obvious to therapists as cultural stereotypes suggest—and even when it’s revealed, the path forward isn’t always... Read more

Diedre was widowed about three years ago, but was excited to tell her therapist about a man she's started dating. She's very happy. As her therapist heard... Read more

When a male client in a heterosexual relationship confesses that he has sex with men, the therapist must understand he's not necessarily closeted. Read more

There's no more emotionally demanding work than that with an incestuous family. A therapist offers an uncensored look at the fear, loathing, and fascination of... Read more

Twenty-five years ago, it was considered a great advance when therapists first began to approach childhood abuse as a form of trauma. Now new research suggests... Read more

Effective work with sex addicts must address deep-seated attachment wounds. Commentary by Joe Kort. Read more