Abusive Relationships

Depending on what statistics you come across on any given day, an average of one in every four women will at some point in their lives be involved in an abusive relationship. That abuse could be extremely violent or completely emotionally, but abusive relationships in any form cause scars that can and will last a lifetime. I've seen women who have been beaten so badly that you wince just glancing in their direction. I've listened to women cry over the verbal abuse that has left them wondering if they will ever be able to regain their self-esteem. Abusive relationships can happen to anyone at any age and it doesn't choose what race or gender it can appear in. I've seem some teenage girls who have the misfortune of experiencing their first true relationship and it turns out to be abusive. That first abusive relationship sets the standards for her next relationship as well. It could turn into a neverending cycle. I have also, more uncommonly, talked to husbands who are ashamed to say that their wives are abusing them. They have come to my office hanging their heads in complete shame.