The Shark Cage Metaphor: Spotting Potential Abusers
Channel: Jenni's Space
Date: 2019-05-07

How can I spot someone who is likely to abuse me later? What are some of the ways abusers lure us into relationships? Why do I keep ending up with abusers? 

This is the first of several planned videos to attack the dynamics of domestic violence head on. In this video we use the Shark Cage Metaphor from Ursula Benstead, a well-known psychologist in Melbourne, AU to show how early life experiences can make us vulnerable to abuse -- and start the process of reducing that vulnerability. 

As always, Jenni narrates the discussion with a bit of busywork in her hands as she talks. Today she is working on her May 2019 Bullet Journal. 

The Shark Cage Metaphor described comes from this article: https://www.psychotherapy.com.au/fileadmin/site_files/pdfs/SharkCage.pdf

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