Emotional abuse doesn’t always look like shouting or threats—it’s often quiet, insidious, and dressed up as something else entirely. It creeps in through small, repeated behaviors that chip away at ...

At first, it looks like love. He's charming. Always generous, always attentive. He remembers your coffee order, listens to ...

Emotional abuse isn't as easy to spot as physical forms of abuse, which may complicate arguments as the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs continues. Among several other accusations of physical and sexual ...

Gaslighting is a form of manipulation where an abuser, like an employer, bends subjects to their will by distorting their ...

DEAR ANNIE: My mom and I read your column every day, and we always find your advice thoughtful and compassionate. Lately, I’ve been thinking about something I witnessed years ago while working in a ...

Emotional eating can lead to eating disorders which is why it's important to take control and find healthy alternatives like exercise and meditation.

Emotional abuse consists of repeated, non-physical behaviors—such as manipulation, humiliation, and isolation—used to control, degrade, or instill fear in an intimate partner. Unlike a partner who ...

I’ve posted my definition of emotional abuse in the past. I’m repeating it now because I'm continually asked for it by media, clients, and readers. Emotional abuse is deliberately making loved ones ...

Before going on to commit violence, domestic abusers use a mix of intense affection and emotional cruelty, combined with ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — An Oklahoma County woman hopes a new state law will help her be released from prison sooner. Tyesha Long was sentenced to 27 years for killing a man who she says was abusing her ...