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January 30, 2012

Relationship Stages, Abusive Women and the WTF Moment, Part One

What is the WTF moment? Oprah and her minions talk about having an “a-ha” moment or a defining moment of wisdom that you use to change your life. It is my belief that men and women in abusive relationships often have the WTF moment when they see behind an abusive partner’s mask for the first […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Blame, Dating, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, Marriage, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, control, honeymoon stage, power struggle, relationship stages, WTF moment

January 16, 2012

BlogTalkRadio: Grieving the Loss of an Abusive Partner

In this BlogTalkRadio program, Tom Golden, MSW and I discuss male grief and mourning. Tom’s book, Swallowed by a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing is a good resource for men who are mourning a loss and for women seeking to understand the masculine grieving process. Many men and women who have […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Divorce, Healing, Personality Disorders, Psychological Abuse, Shrink4Men Radio Tagged With: abusive wife, depression, grief, masculine grief, mourning, narcissistic abuse, Tom Golden

January 13, 2012

Rethinking Female Sociopathy, Part Two

In Rethinking Female Sociopathy, Part One, I went through a comprehensive list of sociopathic traits based on psychologists Hervey Cleckley‘s and Robert Hare’s psychopathy checklists. For every single item mentioned, I can think of a real life example that every one of my clients has suffered. Are these men’s wives, girlfriends and exes sociopaths? Maybe, […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Legal, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Advocates, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Rage Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, antisocial personality disorder, ASPD, Bernie Madoff, borderline personality disorder, BPD, Casey Anthony, entitlement, exploitation, female sociopaths, female sociopathy, Fiona Donnison, Hervey Cleckley, histrionic personality disorder, HPD, Kelli Lynn Murphy, narcissistic personality disorder, NPD, Robert Hare, Theresa Riggi

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