Coercive Relationships

Find the Answers You Seek

by Jennifer C. Parker, M.S.S.W.

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Pub Date Mar 11 2021 | Archive Date May 31 2021

Black Rose Writing

General Fiction (Adult) | Parenting & Families | Self-Help

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Description

“I am now beginning to realize that I really am a person worthy of love and respect . . . and it’s amazing how empowering that belief can be!” Intimate abuse survivor

Coercive Relationships provides a beacon for survivors of partner abuse. Parker’s nonjudgmental, empathic voice offers knowledge gleaned from years of experience. Survivors gain answers to frequently asked questions:

• Am I being abused?

• Why do they hurt me?

• Why do I feel so crazy?

• What can I change?

• Why do they believe they should control us?

• How do I recognize abuse of power?

• How do I heal?

Each chapter contains illustrative vignettes and suggestions for reflection to assist readers in discovering what they want.

Coercive Relationships lifts the private shame survivors feel by connecting their abusers’ actions to societal values and beliefs that permit all forms of violence.

“I am now beginning to realize that I really am a person worthy of love and respect . . . and it’s amazing how empowering that belief can be!” Intimate abuse survivor

Coercive Relationships provides...

A Note From the Publisher

Jennifer Parker has a Masters in Social Work with over thirty years’ experience with intimate partner violence (IPV). Her internship at a battered women’s shelter began her passion to develop resources for victims. Therapy with survivors and workshops for training therapists inform Coercive Control. Jennifer’s accomplishments include a curriculum for IPV group work, workshops, professional newsletter articles, expert witness testimony in trials, a web site and blog, and awards from state and local agencies.

Jennifer Parker has a Masters in Social Work with over thirty years’ experience with intimate partner violence (IPV). Her internship at a battered women’s shelter began her passion to develop...

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A Note From the Publisher

Jennifer Parker has a Masters in Social Work with over thirty years’ experience with intimate partner violence (IPV). Her internship at a battered women’s shelter began her passion to develop resources for victims. Therapy with survivors and workshops for training therapists inform Coercive Control. Jennifer’s accomplishments include a curriculum for IPV group work, workshops, professional newsletter articles, expert witness testimony in trials, a web site and blog, and awards from state and local agencies.

Advance Praise

“Parker guides readers to recognize the dynamics of abuse, examine its hold, and move along the path toward healing. It’s a must-read for survivors as well as those who work with them.” –Joanna V. Hunter, author of But He’ll Change

“I think readers will experience the respect you feel for them because it is so obvious that you have been listening.” –Ruth Ann Birkholz, clinical social worker