What is Spiritual Abuse within Marriage?
Darby Strickland, a counsellor and teacher at the Christian Counselling & Educational Foundation, defines spiritual abuse in marriage and offers ...
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Setting boundaries to create safety: Healing an emotionally abusive relationship
If emotional abuse is present in your relationship, setting boundaries is crucial. If you think your safety’s at stake, learn the steps to ...
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My Wife is Physically Abusive
Question: How should I respond to a wife who has a tendency to resort to violence? Once or twice a year my spouse and I have a disagreement that ...
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Why and How to Pursue a Healing Separation
Focus on the Family is dedicated to bringing healing and restoration to couples who are struggling in their marriage. But God’s design for marriage ...
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Tough Love in Adult Relationships: What it IS, What it’s Not, and How to Use It
Question: My husband’s problem with porn is destroying him, me, our marriage, and our family. Friends who care about both of us tell me to use ...
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Broken to be Beautiful
Warning – Not suitable for younger listeners. Domestic violence was part of Xenia Schembri's life for the 15 years while married to her first ...
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Saturday, 21st Nov 2020
How to deal wisely with manipulative people
We’ve all known manipulative people, whether they are friends, family, or our spouse. They’re the people who know how to push our buttons. They ...
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Husband and Stepdad Viewing Child Pornography
Question: How would you advise a woman who has just discovered that her husband is viewing child pornography? I'm very sorry to say that this is my ...
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Paedophilia in marriage
Question What should I do after having just discovered that my husband has been sexually abusing our six-year-old niece? I won't go into details, but ...
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Signs of Emotional Abuse
There are distinct differences between an unhealthy exchange and verbal or emotional abuse. Married couples need to understand and recognise the ...
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How to Know if You’re in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship
Three types of emotional abuse can easily be disguised: gaslighting, retaliation and projection. Recognise when you’re in an emotionally abusive ...
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Protecting Our Children From Abuse
Simon and Xenia were married 3 weeks when they found out Xenia’s eldest daughter had been abused by a close family member. Together they will share ...
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Saturday, 23rd May 2020