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

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 ...

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 ...

Childhood emotional and sexual abuse mark women’s brains in distinct patterns — with emotional abuse affecting regions involved in self-awareness and sexual abuse affecting areas involved in genital ...

Dear Annie: I’ve been in a long marriage. In the early years, we had happy times, but things have changed. For a while now, I’ve been enduring emotional, psychological and verbal abuse from my husband ...

Understanding the different types of childhood trauma is the first step to breaking harmful cycles and beginning the healing ...

What is emotional pain? We explore the signs and causes of this deep-seated mental anguish, from stress to loss. Discover ...

Dear Abby: A man I know has been married for 40 years. His wife gets mad at him for small things and stops talking to him for three to four months at a time. Also, he will make her supper, and she’ll ...

What is a trauma bond? Why a civilian employee reportedly called in a hoax at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey.