Articles

by Clare Murphy PhD

Clarifying common misnomers about domestic violence:

  1. Abusive vs healthy relationships: What’s the difference?
  2. Alcohol does not cause domestic violence
  3. Alcohol used as excuse for violence and murder
  4. Domestic violence is much more than physical violence
  5. Men’s domination over women is not natural: The need to be honest about how social hierarchies harm each of us
  6. Female victims are not codependent, rather what they experience is a result of long-term abuse and control

About female victims of domestic violence:

  1. How to help women abused and controlled by male partners: Stage 1
  2. How to help women abused and controlled by male partners: Stage 2
  3. How to help women abused and controlled by male partners: Stage 3
  4. How to help women abused and controlled by male partners: Stage 4
  5. How to help women abused and controlled by male partners: Stage 5
  6. How victims cope with psychological abuse and control
  7. Are women who live with abusive partners codependent?
  8. Danger Assessment: Psychological abuse can lead to murder
  9. Safety tips for leaving a controlling partner

About male perpetrators of domestic violence:

  1. Animal abuse is linked to domestic violence
  2. Fear and shame: The lifeblood that keeps ‘power and control’ alive
  3. Men’s tactics of power and control against female partners
  4. Gift giving can be manipulative
  5. The effect of men’s tactics of control make women seem codependent

Social influences on women:

  1. Women are socialised to find self-worth by living with a man

News about domestic violence:

  1. News release about male perpetrators of domestic violence
  2. Same-Sex conference on domestic violence – Australia – September 2009

Tactics of Psychological Abuse:

  1. Tactics used by Lawyers against Clients (Blog post)
  2. Tactics used by Lawyers against Clients (Download pdf of Lawyer-Cient wheel and complete list of tactics)
  3. Tactics used by men against female partners (Blog post)
  4. Tactics used by men against female partners (Download pdf of complete list)

Workplace Bullying and other Institutional Abuses:

  1. Tacticis of Psychological abuse & power and control by Lawyers against Clients
  2. Coping with Psychological abuse, bullying, scapegoating and misconduct in churches
  3. Book Review: Not of My Making: Bullying, Scapegoating and Misconduct in Churches by Margaret W. Jones, PhD

Book Reviews:

  1. Not of My Making: Bullying, Scapegoating and Misconduct in Churches by Margaret W. Jones, PhD

This page last updated 15 February 2010