If you have a friend, co-worker, sibling, or associate that is in this type of situation believe in the survivor as a survivor rather than a victim. Listen and be helpful without making decisions or judgments. Be patient—this situation didn’t develop overnight and it won’t be resolved in that slim amount of time either.
If you need help National Domestic Violence Hotline is available at: www.ndvh.org, by calling: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) and 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
Listing of statewide domestic violence agencies on the internet
Follow up books:
No Visible Wounds: Identifying Non-physical Abuse of Women by their Men by Susan Miller PhD (Ballantine, 1996)
Why Does He do that? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft (Berkley Trade, 2003)
