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The Age Newspaper have posted a great article about women facing homelessness to escape unsafe situations.
In many ways, emotional abuse can be more psychologically harmful than physical abuse.
I often remind the teenage boys and the men I work with, this message, when we discuss jealousy and the need to control others.
Violent behaviour does not suddenly stop. Commonly, while there are promises that things will change, what often happens is the opposite. Abuse tends to reoccur and even escalate. You may have heard of behavioural change, but perhaps you don't really know what it is or have some pre conceived ideas that aren't quite true. Let's look at behavioural change in depth and why it is the best option for the change of successful changing bad behaviour.
There is a famous quote ‘Expectations are premeditated resentments’. Are our expectations ever met? If a person pins all of their hopes and dreams on an expectation, they are likely to end up disappointed. When a person doesn’t behave the way you expect them to, the disappointment leads to resentment. There is no one harder on a person, than they are on themselves.
When people think of domestic violence, they often attribute the behaviour to physical acts of violence. It is important to understand that abuse is not just exclusive or limited to physical behaviour. Emotional abuse is a typical and common component of family violence that is often dismissed because it is not a physical act, yet is just as damaging to the victim.
There are a lot of myths surrounding family violences, with many 'excuses' wrongly labelled as a cause. Let's look at some of the common myths surrounding family violence.
On The Drum which aired on Tuesday April 2nd, The panel discusses expectations of men, men's mental health, and physical violence.
Self harm can be a range of things from psychological to physical abuse. While it is something we mostly associate with physical acts such as a person cutting, there is a very new worrying trend becoming more common with adolescent teens - in particular males. Digital Self Harm.
Dave joined the Parkdale Primary School Dads for a screening of Call Me Dad
