Relationships are all around us, whether our friends we connect with to vent, our family we see on holidays, someone we’re dating, or the people we work with. While relationships can take on many forms, there are relationships that can be more difficult, such as abusive relationships or emotional attachments we’ve created through trauma...
Trauma Bond vs. Love: Everything You Need to Know
Am I Being Sexually Harassed at Work?
It's important to know what constitutes sexual harassment so that you can identify it and take necessary steps against such misconduct.
Mental & Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: What it is (And How You Can Survive It)
Emotional abuse in the workplace is an often overlooked issue, especially in today’s fast-paced and competitive professional landscape. Many forms of mistreatment are considered “par for the course,” but may actually be abusive behaviors. As people spend a large portion of their time at work, emotional and psychological abuse in the workplace can have devastating...
Workplace Bullying PTSD: The Hidden Epidemic Impacting Employees
Workplace bullying is on the rise; in 2017, 19% of working adults in the United States reported being bullied at work; only four years later, in 2021, that number hit 30%! Remote workers report an even higher rate of bullying at 43%. Employees report that 65% of the bullying was from a supervisor compared to...
Can an Abusive Relationship Be Fixed?
Navigating an abusive relationship can be an overwhelmingly painful journey that leaves you mending your wounds for months or even years. And even when you’ve come to terms with the fact that the relationship isn’t just unhealthy –it’s abusive– you may question whether or not the relationship can be saved. This is especially common in...
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12Feb 2026Alyssa Biestek
Trauma Bond vs. Love: Everything You Need to Know
Relationships are all around us, whether our friends we connect with to vent, our family we see on holidays, someone we’re dating, or the people we work with. While relationships can take on many forms, there are relationships that can be more difficult, such as abusive relationships or emotional attachments we’ve created through trauma […]
30Jan 2026Rachael Goldstein
Am I Being Sexually Harassed at Work?
It's important to know what constitutes sexual harassment so that you can identify it and take necessary steps against such misconduct.
03Oct 2025Lark
Mental & Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: What it is (And How You Can Survive It)
Emotional abuse in the workplace is an often overlooked issue, especially in today’s fast-paced and competitive professional landscape. Many forms of mistreatment are considered “par for the course,” but may actually be abusive behaviors. As people spend a large portion of their time at work, emotional and psychological abuse in the workplace can have devastating […]
30Sep 2025Kimberly Fortin, LCSW-R
Workplace Bullying PTSD: The Hidden Epidemic Impacting Employees
Workplace bullying is on the rise; in 2017, 19% of working adults in the United States reported being bullied at work; only four years later, in 2021, that number hit 30%! Remote workers report an even higher rate of bullying at 43%. Employees report that 65% of the bullying was from a supervisor compared to […]
24Sep 2025Lark
Can an Abusive Relationship Be Fixed?
Navigating an abusive relationship can be an overwhelmingly painful journey that leaves you mending your wounds for months or even years. And even when you’ve come to terms with the fact that the relationship isn’t just unhealthy –it’s abusive– you may question whether or not the relationship can be saved. This is especially common in […]
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12Feb 2026Alyssa Biestek
Trauma Bond vs. Love: Everything You Need to Know
Relationships are all around us, whether our friends we connect with to vent, our family we see on holidays, someone we’re dating, or the people we work with. While relationships can take on many forms, there are relationships that can be more difficult, such as abusive relationships or emotional attachments we’ve created through trauma […]
24Nov 2025Zack Ehrmann MAEd, LMHC, LPC
Hypervigilance from Emotional Abuse: What You Need To Know
There are many pervasive and pernicious harms suffered by those affected by emotional abuse, which is a form of relational abuse that includes all of the non-physical behaviors intended to minimize your sense of self and autonomy. Hypervigilance, or a state of increased alertness accompanied by behavior that aims to prevent potential danger, is an […]
19Sep 2025Elizabeth McDade
Enmeshment Trauma: When Love Becomes Suffocating
According to family systems theory, relationships between parents and children are naturally interconnected and influence one another. In order to support the well-being and healthy development of young children, the family system needs healthy psychological boundaries between family members. These boundaries help family members distinguish themselves from each other. Healthy boundaries also evolve as children […]
30Aug 2025Rychel Johnson, LCPC
Is Constantly Apologizing a Trauma Response from Emotional Abuse?
In an emotionally abusive relationship, over-apologizing is recognized as a response created over time to reduce or prevent the abusive partner from causing further harm. Outside of the context of the relationship, the emotional abuse victim will often continue to be overly apologetic even in situations that do not warrant apologies, which significantly impacts a […]
09Aug 2025Alyssa Biestek
My Husband Hit Me. What Do I Do?
Being hurt physically by a partner or spouse is frightening, confusing, and hurtful. Unfortunately, abusive marriages and relationships are more common than they should be. The National Domestic Violence Hotline website shares that around 24 individuals per minute are victims of some sort of physical violence or physical abuse by someone they are in a […]
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