Domestic Abuse Signs
Domestic abuse is an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence, in the majority of cases by a partner or ex-partner, but also by a family member or carer.
Domestic abuse comes in many forms, and you may experience one, some or all forms of abuse. These could include
- Coercive control (a pattern of intimidation, degradation, isolation and control with the use or threat of physical or sexual violence)
- Psychological and/or emotional abuse.
- Physical or sexual abuse.
- Financial or economic abuse.
- Harassment and stalking.
Domestic Abuse does not always include physical assaults however there will usually be a threat or fear that violence can and will be used at any time.
Domestic abuse can happen to anyone. It does not matter where you live, how much you earn, what you do for a living, what age you are, what race or ethnicity or sexual orientation you are.
Domestic abuse doesn’t look the same in every relationship because every relationship is different. But one thing most abusive relationships have in common is that the abusive partner does many different kinds of things to have more power and control over their partner.
We can support you if you are still experiencing abuse or if the abuse was historic. We understand that trauma from abuse doesn’t end once the relationship does. We understand the abuse can get worse once the relationship has ended and if there there are children.
