Domestic violence and abuse are often associated with male perpetrators and female victims. While women are around twice as likely to have experience…

Domestic abuse cuts across all class and culture, no-one is immune. It is estimated that one in three women will experience domestic abuse in their l…

Only the people that lived through a controlling relationship and managed to finally escape understand just how much courage, energy and bravery this…

Emotionally abusive parents are manipulative, cunning and toxic. Brilliant impersonators, these narcissistic fakes create a world of 'alternative fac…

When it comes to leaving an abusive partner, everybody will easily judge "just leave him, it isn't worth staying. He is who he is, you deserve a norm…

When does social media viewing move away from a healthy curiosity into stalking behaviour? What is the harm in keeping in touch via newsfeed? What mi…

The government definition of domestic violence and abuse is: ‘any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour,…

Working with victims of domestic violence, I've heard some very bad cases of women being physically hurt by their partners. Most of them knew from be…

It's easy to think of abuse as physical or sexual, but verbal abuse is more prevalent and can be just as traumatic. Many verbal abusers are masters a…

For decades, male sexual abuse has remained hidden and taboo with many men living in silence, but over recent years it has entered the mainstream con…

People who identify as LGB or trans* are at more of a risk of developing anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, self-harm and other mental health is…

In recent years, the media quite rightly, has highlighted historical childhood sexual abuse which has been raising awareness. The magnitude of offenc…