Family & Relationships - Abuse - Domestic Partner Abuse

I met Jake in the springtime . . .So begins Cristina's story, a story of love and marriage, but also abuse and violence. Cristina met Jake when she was on the rebound, not looking for anything serious. And he seemed like the perfect guy:...

This therapist-written and recommended 3-part book will give you the insights and strategies to understand the inner workings of a narcissist, heal from narcissistic abuse, and experience sustainable post-traumatic growth.In relationships, have you ever found yourself: Feeling like something is "off," but not being...

A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations...

Sometimes you worry that your partner is only "putting up" with you.They make you feel like they are tolerating you, not investing in you as you are with them, and this makes you feel alone, even in a relationship.While these two common warning signs...

It's time to take back control. If you're in a coercive or emotionally abusive relationship, this trauma-informed guide can help you gain clarity--and courage to break free. Do you suspect you're in a coercive, controlling, or emotionally abusive relationship? Does your partner have unreasonable...

What to do when you feel like giving upWhen you said, "I do," you entered marriage with high hopes, dreaming it would be supremely happy. You never intended it to be miserable.Millions of couples are struggling in desperate marriages. But the story doesn't have...

The FULL TEXT of Sam Vaknin's classic, groundbreaking BIBLE of NARCISSISM and NARCISSISTIC ABUSE, now in its 10th edition. Tips and advice as well as the most complete clinical background. Narcissistic Personality Disorder and its effects on the narcissist, the psychopath and their nearest...

One survivor's inside-out argument that domestic violence demands more than justice-it requires healing.In this memoir, Alli O'Malley takes readers inside an experience that rarely gets told. Not the sensationalized moments that make headlines, but the ordinary terror, the complicated love, and the invisible barriers...

Three untold, true stories. Three different stages of survival. Three women share their experiences of intimate partner violence, vowing to no longer remain silent. But the countdown is on for them to speak up and say, no more. In an unspoken story of survival,...

WINNER OF THE HILLMAN PRIZE FOR BOOK JOURNALISM, THE HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD, AND THE LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST *...

New York Times Bestseller"This is a devastating book, heartbreaking in how familiar and relatable each story is--yet there's power and solidarity in it, too."--ShondalandEdited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and...

A Memoir of Grit, Survival, and Defying LimitsAt nineteen, Fallon Rowe was swept into a whirlwind romance with a charismatic new climbing partner, leaving behind her geology studies in northern Utah for an expedition that would change her life forever. Together, they set out...

From the author of Whole Again comes a significantly expanded edition of Psychopath Free--containing new chapters, updated content, and real survivor experiences--that will help you recover from emotionally abusive relationships with narcissists, sociopaths, and other toxic people. Have you ever been in a relationship...

Your healing is in your hands with this survivor's recovery workbook It's time to turn the page and start the next chapter of your life's journey. The Recover and Rebuild Domestic Violence Workbook is an easy-to-use workbook full of healing exercises and journaling prompts...

The body wants to heal itself. By treating your relational trauma and healing power imbalances in your relationships, you can create the conditions it needs to begin. Most people know that controlling relationships can lead to mental health issues. But few people understand that...

Resilience: Breaking the Chains is a searing story of survival and transformation that exposes the hidden epidemic of domestic violence inflicted on men, a reality too often ignored in society. Told through the eyes of Nathan Parker, the story journeys from childhood innocence shattered...

Resilience: Breaking the Chains is a searing story of survival and transformation that exposes the hidden epidemic of domestic violence inflicted on men, a reality too often ignored in society. Told through the eyes of Nathan Parker, the story journeys from childhood innocence shattered...

A completely updated edition of Jess Hill's groundbreaking investigation of domestic abuse.National bestseller and winner of the Stella PrizeDomestic abuse is a national emergency: one in four Australian women has experienced violence from a man she was intimate with. But too often we ask...

Break the silence surrounding male victims of domestic abuse and challenge harmful stereotypes Society has a blind spot -- and one in three men are paying the price. Millions of men experience domestic abuse. Yet their suffering is routinely dismissed, minimized, or outright denied....

A first-ever how-to book to help abusive men change their behavior by changing their thinking. End the cycle of abuse - for good. Authors Charlie Donaldson, Randy Flood and Elaine Eldridge uncover a proven action plan that violent men can use to change their...