How Professionals Should and SHOULD NOT Treat Victims-Survivors

Professionals need to be sure of who they are really helping: the victim or the abuser

Welcome

For this article I have commissioned a guest post written by a victim-survivor and expert by experience. Let’s call her Kate Derrington.

As well as producing the high-quality, informative read below, Kate is a courageous and kind woman.

Sadly, she is in legal debt because of the actions of her abusive ex, and professionals who have made her situation worse rather than better.

Introduction

Imagine this — as a professional you’ve helped the victim escape the abuser. She has left the house or made him leave. Now, according to the world outside, the hard part is done. Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief and go back to their day jobs.

Unfortunately, abusers rarely stop the abuse once their victims have left. In fact, often this is the time that can prove most dangerous. At this point, professionals need to be sure of who they are really helping — the victim or the abuser.

So, how can professionals entrap victim-survivors in post-separation coercive control?

First of all, let’s look at how the abuser operates…

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Any money this post makes from paid subscriptions will help Kate get out of legal debt.