Invisible chains
Subtitle: overcoming coercive control in your intimate relationship
By: Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781462520350; 9781462520244
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Psychology; Abused women; Control (Psychology); Intimidation; Dominance (Psychology); Intimate partner violence
Description: "When a man showers all of his attention on a woman, it can feel incredibly romantic, and can blind her to hints of problems ahead. But what happens when that attentiveness becomes domination? For certain people, the desire to control leads to jealousy, threats, micromanaging--even physical violence. Lisa Aronson Fontes draws on both professional expertise and personal experience to provide practical guidance and support for readers who find themselves trapped in a web of coercive control"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is coercive control? Introduction to coercive control ; Controlling behaviors; title: Why coercive control happens. Why some men control their partners in this way ; Why some women get and stay involved; title: Coercive control in special populations. Different gender arrangements and coercive control ; Teenage victims of coercive control; title: Ending coercive control. Are you being victimized? ; Are you staying? Expecting change? ; Ending the relationship ; Feeling like yourself again : recovering from coercive control ; If someone you care about is being victimized by coercive control.