Are emotional abuse and verbal abuse regarded as domestic abuse/violence?
Yes. Emotional abuse and verbal abuse are components of a bigger domestic abuse picture and, in fact, are the most common forms of intimate partner abuserelationship abusedomestic violence. 2) I am looking for help with domestic abuse, yet my partner is in complete denial. How can I get him/her to benefit from this, much less participate in it? The denial is the resistance, which is very normal on the front end, and effective therapy is designed to address this. So, you acknowledge that your partner’s denial is part of the abuse dynamic, and you expect effective therapy to dismantle it. You start the therapy by yourself and let the therapists help engage your partner in the process. We are trained in dealing with denial and resistance. 3) My partner thinks I’m the problem, so how will I get my partner to see otherwise? You won’t. And the more you try, the more resistant your partner will be. However, you can get yourself involved in the domestic abuse therapeutic process and then encou
