Mar 20, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature, Sex Abuse
Gaslighting is abuse. It is an act of violence, be it domestic violence, workplace, or elsewhere. It is a manipulation of the other’s reality. I call it murder of the psyche. They were in the living room sharing the couch. He was snorting coke and smoking weed. She...
Mar 11, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature, Texas, Trauma: Prevention
Dear Texas Legislators, Thank you for considering the Safe Child Act. I wish I could adequately convey to you what this legislation means. Day after painful day I hear stories about child murders and unspeakable suffering because our courts do not use current...
Feb 8, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature, Trauma: Prevention
Testimony of Barry Goldstein. DV Author, Speaker and Advocate My name is Barry Goldstein and I am the author of 5 of the leading books about domestic violence and child custody. The publisher of my books requires cites to good scientific research for anything we want...
Jan 31, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature, Trauma: Prevention
“What have John Bobbitt’s penis and too many children of divorce got in common?” I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but it’s not. Both stories involve domestic violence, sexual abuse, and a bad narrative. In an insightful story by Amy Chozic in the...
Jan 30, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Trauma: Prevention
Judges and sheriffs in Scotland are to receive special training ahead of a new bill to criminalise psychological domestic abuse. The online training will focus on knowledge and understanding of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, which comes into force on 1 April....
