By: Daisy Morales Financial Abuse is a form of abuse in which the abuser has control over the economic resources of the abused. Financial abuse can be a part of both Elder and Domestic Abuse. Examples of Financial Abuse include: using physical force to get money, spending someone else’s money without their consent, and prohibiting...
By: Rashmi Negi The concept of “consent” has been undervalued for too long. Consent usually means a person is voluntarily permitting another person to do something. When it comes to intimate relationships, consent must be explicitly given. However, people still debate over consensual sex and sexual assault. Society draws a thin line when two people...
By: Lauren Jacques When you think about your trauma, do you see yourself as a victim or a survivor? Do you see yourself as someone watching the event unfold—a target being pushed around by your abuser? Do you see yourself at the center of the abuse, hurt but alive? Can you picture yourself now, after...
By: Mandie Schreck Psychological Abuse can also manifest in the physical body and the mind. When emotions are stored in our physical body, tissues, muscles, and joints, it can cause stress and strain. When deeply rooted abuse and trauma occur, the energy from those emotions seeps through into our physical layers. Physical manifestations can be seen...
By: Rashmi Negi It can be hard to come to terms emotionally with the fact that you are being abused and even harder to muster the courage to get out of an abusive situation. We know it’s a difficult and long process, and it’s okay if you feel lost at times. If you’re unsure about...
By: Cali Robins When people think of abuse, they often think of physical or verbal abuse first. Financial abuse can seem invisible. In domestic situations, the control, restriction, and theft of money are all forms of financial abuse upon a partner. There are many methods that an abuser can use to control their victims’ lives...
BY RASHMI NEGI The COVID-19 outbreak has changed our lives in ways we never could have imagined. According to the World Health Organization, there have been over four million COVID-related deaths worldwide and counting. [1] It has been one of the most challenging times in many of our lives, causing fear of the unknown and...
Narcissistic (Emotional) Abuse is a type of emotional abuse that you may not be familiar with is Narcissistic Abuse where the narcissist projects on to another individual. Narcissistic Abuse is focused primarily on psychological and emotional abuse but other types of narcissistic abuse can be classified under this category to include financial, spiritual, sexual, and physical abuse. Relationship...
BY DAISY MORALES Spousal abuse, also called domestic abuse or intimate partner abuse, can include physical, psychological, and financial abuse perpetrated by a spousal/domestic/intimate partner against the people they should care for. Spousal abuse often begins with incidents such as screaming, slapping, or pushing that may seem innocuous or a one-time occurrence, but progressively develop...
BY LAUREN JACQUES Kelly Dehn, Cofounder of ARO, has been able to help those in abusive situations because of her own life experience. After reaching what she refers to as the lowest point of her life, suffering abuse after abuse, Dehn was introduced to by Michael Gibson, Cofounder; and eventually began, what is now known...
