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…

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

When we think of domestic violence we often think of physical violence which involves a spouse or an intimate partner. This usually involves force ag…

Domestic abuse can happen to anyone. It doesn’t matter what age you are, where you live, your ethnic background or what kind of relationship you are…

Most of us think of the famous (or infamous) Anglo-Saxon swear word as one of the most powerful words that anyone can say – although, of course, some…

A recent incident between Nigella Lawson and her husband Charles Saatchi is discussed by some in the context of domestic abuse. What is this and how…

A controlling relationship is when an individual will begin to dominate and intimidate their partner, often through emotional and/or physical abuse.…