Is sexual assault more than rape?
Can you define sexual assault? Is sexual assault more than rape?
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Should Guns Be Allowed in the Workplace?
Can bringing a gun to work protect you from your abuser?
Read more...2 Does Domestic Violence Follow the Seasons?
Does Domestic Violence Follow the Seasons? Some report more incidents during the summer when certain factors add more stress.
Read more...Domestic Violence MUST READ Articles from the Web – April 2017
Hey Survivors and Friends! Welcome to our monthly feature “MUST READ Articles from the Web”. Each month, I will share a few interesting and informative articles I have come across. Please read, share and learn.
Read more...Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Tools
The following risk assessment tools were first published on DomesticShelters.org
Read more...1 PTSD Triggers of a Domestic Violence Survivor
So, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I want to add an experience and a message to those wonderful people who enter our lives after the abuser is gone. Let me set the stage: On Saturday, October 18th, 1986 I was preparing to celebrate my 2 year wedding anniversary with my husband. I was 26 days post-partum. I […]
Read more...Stockholm Syndrome: Do you have an employee who suffers?
Have you ever dealt with an employee who had signs and symptoms of domestic abuse, but loved, defended and protected the abuser? Some experts call this reaction Stockholm Syndrome or Trauma Bond. While hard to understand, the realities exist that an employee who suffers violently from abuse at home may allow this situation to escalate […]
Read more...No One Can Label You
Remember the time you had a sister you didn’t know about, met her, lost her, found her and lost her on the same day. After years of searching, you found her three children who didn’t even know you existed? That was amazing! Remember that? No, you say? I’m shocked. I thought this stuff happened to everyone. […]
Read more...SAFE Act Introduced to Protect Domestic Violence Survivors in the Workplace
Women and men across the country are driven from their jobs and homes annually due to relentless abusers. My hope is that one day soon employers will realize the severity of domestic violence realities and willingly participate in the effort to protect workers who stand to lose everything.
Read more...Training as a Voluntary Benefit
Whose job is it to pay for training? We have always assumed the employer will develop staff and encourage them to grow professionally by supplying training. But, is that true today? Was it ever really true at all? Is this assumption even fair?
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