DEAR CAROLYN: When I married my wonderful husband, he asked if we could cut ties with his family. I thought he was joking. He grew up in a verbally and emotionally abusive household — something ...

Verbal abuse might not seem like as big a deal as physical abuse, but it can cause long-lasting harm and trauma to its victims. Verbal abuse can be perpetrated by anyone in your life, from a ...

More ways of dealing with issues of verbal abuse are to have effective communication with your spouse about how his talking down on you affects you and the relationship and talking about the ...

I suspect this abusive relationship you call a marriage didn’t always look like it does today. Your wife is clearly unhappy, frustrated, and lacking a healthy sense of boundaries. But barring any ...

NEW DELHI: Kanchan Bhaskar, an Indian-American who counsels people on how to deal with domestic violence, has come out with a book detailing her own story of setting herself free from an "abusive ...