• About WordPress
    • WordPress.org
    • Documentation
    • Support
    • Feedback
  • Log In
  • Register

Shrink4Men

Helping men in abusive relationships since 2009

  • Home
  • Articles
  • Schedule a Session
  • Forum
  • About Dr. Tara Palmatier
    • Terms
  • Index
  • Videos

September 21, 2011

Covert Abuse: Watch Out for the Quiet Ones, Part One

The following article is written by another CrazyBuster, SSG. SSG and her husband have found ways to manage his high-conflict ex who is more subtle in her emotional terrorism. She’s more of a “quiet one” or covert abuser. Next week, I’ll post Covert Abuse: Watch Out for the Quiet Ones, Part Two. The second post […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healing, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Marriage, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Stalking and Harassment, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abused men, abusive women, borderline personality disorder, borderline waif, covert abuse, covert abusers, parental alienation, passive-aggressive

August 24, 2011

False Allegations in Divorce and Custody Battles: The Personality Types of False Accusers and the Falsely Accused

Too many men have become the targets of false allegations. False allegations of domestic violence. False allegations of sexual assault. And false allegations of sexual abuse. False allegations are lies and people who make false allegations are liars. A false allegation of abuse isn’t just any lie; it’s one of the most contemptible lies that […]

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, Sexual Abuse, Stalking and Harassment Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, false accusations, false allegations, false allegations of abuse, false allegations of domestic violence, false rape allegations, high-conflict, high-conflict custody, high-conflict divorce, histrionic personality disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder, passive-aggressive

June 7, 2011

Hostile Dependency: Is your Abusive Wife, Girlfriend or Ex a Child in the Body of an Adult?

Does your wife or girlfriend believe it is your responsibility to take care of her emotionally, physically and financially? Worse yet, does your ex-wife or ex-girlfriend believe the same despite the fact your relationship is over? If so, you may be dealing with hostile dependency. The Root of the Problem Children rely on their parents […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abused men, abusive personality-disordered individuals, abusive women, adolescence, antisocial personality disorder, APDI, attachment disorders, attachment issues, borderline personality disorder, childhood development, dependency, HCP, high-conflict people, high-conflict women, histrionic personality disorder, hostile dependency, hostility, identity consolidation, individuation, mature time perspective, narcissistic personality disorder, passive-aggressive, personality consolidation, resentment, sexual identity, sexual maturation, woman-child, women who refuse to grow up, women who refuse to work

© Dr Tara Palmatier and Shrink4Men, 2023 to infinity and beyond. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this website’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Dr Tara Palmatier and Shrink4Men with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. · Log in

Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}
Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}