Domestic violence is often understood as physical abuse, but it extends far beyond that. One of the most insidious forms of abuse is narcissistic abuse, which often manifests as coercive control. This dynamic can be difficult to identify because it operates in subtle,...
DV often brings to mind physical harm, but it’s coercive control—marked by emotional, psychological, and financial abuse—that underpins much of the damage in these relationships. When perpetrators can control using these invisible forms of abuse, they don’t...