Safety planning for domestic violence victims and survivors is such a vast and individual topic, we broke it out into two companion blog posts. Last month’s post, “Safety Planning: Reducing Risk & Exploring Options”, outlined the basic facets of a safety plan....
Domestic violence is most commonly associated with intimate partner violence – abuse that occurs between spouses, dating partners, or former intimate partners. However, there are additional relationships that fall under the same term. Other relatives or even unrelated...
99% of abusive relationships involve some form of financial abuse (Forbes). This may play out for survivors in many different ways and combinations of ways with varied levels of impact. Domestic violence can affect not only physical and mental health but leach into...
