Category Archives: Dysfunctional Relationships

The Unavailable Father: Seven Ways Women Can Understand, Heal, and Cope with a Broken Father-Daughter Relationship

Strategies for overcoming a damaged father/daughter relationship Problems between fathers and daughters can damage a young girl’s identity, convince her she’s unloveable or without worth, and send her into unhealthy adult relationships. This groundbreaking book includes in-depth stories and case … Continue reading

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But He Says He Loves Me: How to Avoid Being Trapped in a Manipulative Relationship

Effective and powerful, this chilling exposure of the psychology behind emotionally abusive relationships proves to be an invaluable resource for women in the dating pool or those questioning their current partnership. Identifying the traits, traps, and manipulations that abusers employ, … Continue reading

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Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence

The Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence is a modern reference from the leading international scholars in domestic violence research. This ground-breaking project has created the first ever publication of an encyclopedia of domestic violence. The primary goal of the Encyclopedia is … Continue reading

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Intimate Partner Violence Prevention and Intervention: The Risk Assessment and Management Approach

This book focuses on the importance of assessing risk in domestic violence cases to prevent and reduce its escalation into homicide (so called uxoricide). Spousal killers in a substantial number of cases exhibit a history of prior spousal violence: in … Continue reading

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The Language of Abuse (Late Medieval Europe)

Drawing on a wide range of legal and literary sources, this book offers a comprehensive investigation into the acceptability of violence in marriage at a time when social expectations of gender and marriage were in transition.

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Social Work and Child Abuse: Still Walking the Tightrope? (State of Welfare)

While social work practice with child abuse is a well-documented topic, this revised edition of Social Work and Child Abuse actually challenges and changes the focus of existing literature. Instead of concerning itself with the ways in which the task … Continue reading

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Parenting by Men Who Batter: New Directions for Assessment and Intervention (Interpersonal Violence)

What is the best way to work with fathers who have a history of abusive behavior? This question is among the thorniest that social service and criminal justice professionals must deal with in their careers, and in this essential new … Continue reading

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The Abusive Personality, Second Edition: Violence and Control in Intimate Relationships

This influential book provides an innovative framework for understanding and treating intimate partner violence. Integrating a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, Donald G. Dutton demonstrates that male abusiveness is more than just a learned pattern of behavior–it is the … Continue reading

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Talking to My Mum: A Picture Workbook for Workers, Mothers And Children Affected by Domestic Abuse

“Talking To My Mum” is an activity pack for 5-8-year-olds whose families have experienced domestic abuse to help and encourage them to open up to their mothers about their distressing experiences. Based on the authors’ work with families who have … Continue reading

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Emotional Terrors in the Workplace: Protecting Your Business Bottom Line – Emotional Continuity Management in the Workplace

The failure to adequately address the victims and the emotional dimensions of corporate problems is what changes adverse events into crises and catastrophes. Buildings can be replaced; machines can be fixed; products can be re-engineered and re-marketed; but leaving the … Continue reading

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