Boundaries
This two-letter word is used when setting firm boundaries to protect your time and energy.
What is "No"?
This term describes a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another in an intimate relationship.
What is Domestic Violence?
Men can be victims too.
FACT! Anyone can be a victim.
This color "flag" is used to represent healthy and open communication, mutual respect, and honoring choices in a relationship.
What is a "Green Flag"?
Abuse is not always physical. This type of non-physical abuse can involve insults, public humiliation, constant criticism, and undermining a partner's self-worth.
What is Emotional/Psychological Abuse?
It's okay for your partner to pressure you into doing something you don't want to do.
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This step-by-step plan is to prevent harm and respond to emergencies. It lists warning signs, coping strategies, and people to contact for help.
What is Safety Planning?
Controlling someone's money or access to resources is what kind of abuse?
Financial Abuse
This type of boundary involves deciding who is allowed in your personal physical space.
What is a "Physical Boundary"
They say: "You provoked me," after hitting you. This is...
What is victim-blaming?
It is easy for a victim to leave their abuser, so if they don't leave, it means the abuse probably isn't that bad.
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Give an example of a boundary that should be present in a healthy relationship
Personal space, respect for personal belongings, honest communication, financial independence, equal say in decisions, sexual boundaries, respect for individual interests, agreement on parenting styles, emotional and physical boundaries, etc
This classic tool, often shaped like a circle, is used to help survivors of domestic violence understand the patterns of abuse and to educate abusers about their behaviors
What is the Power and Control Wheel?
Domestic Abuse is caused by excessive alcohol or the use of substances.
MYTH! A lot of research is going into the link between drug or alcohol use and violence. However, although some abusers are more prone to being violent when drunk, many more abuse when completely sober. Alcohol and drugs may increase the violence, but they do not cause it. Alcohol and drug abuse are separate issues from abuse, though they may overlap. Once again, blaming chemical dependency for abuse is missing the point, the abuser is responsible for his actions