“I had sex with him last night because I was scared not to.” Those were the words of a woman shaking at the other end of a Zoom call with me. As a divorce coach, I’ve heard this many times before — ...

November 5, 2025 0 46 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month — a moment to speak about a form of abuse too often ignored: coercive control. This pattern of monitoring, isolation, financial ...

The article explains that traditional domestic abuse laws focus on visible violence, missing coercive control—psychological ...

Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack The article explains that traditional domestic abuse laws focus on visible violence, missing coercive control—psychological and financial abuse that leaves no scars but ...

It has been 10 years since coercive control became a criminal offence in England and Wales, but it can still be hard to ...

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A recently introduced Colorado bill seeks to require judges to consider "misgendering" as a form of "coercive control" during child custody disputes. If passed, the bill would pose a major threat to ...

Jane* was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively monitored their finances. Every week, he made her present a ledger of their income and expenses. If something was not to his liking ...

Regina Rooney, communications director for the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, in 2021. (Fred J. Field/The Maine Monitor) She was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively ...

A survivor-advocate and senior corporate leader is using her mini-memoir on coercive control to challenge assumptions about ...

For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW, Queensland and ...