Robert Solley
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Yes. My main point is that I don’t think abuse is a helpful term in a lot of cases because a) it’s so subjective, and b) there is often more going on than just one partner being mean to a completely innocent other. That — or severe power imbalances — are what I would call extreme cases. What I mostly see in my practice is two people abusing each other, though in different ways, and often one side being more overt than the other. And in most cases they are actually trying to have a relationship but don’t know how to respond to feeling hurt in a way that doesn’t hurt the other, so they’re trapped in a cycle of hurt.

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