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PART III – GASLIGHTING IN A DIVORCE In a divorce, the shifting psychological dynamics come up in many ways. The most obvious is when child custody is strongly contested between the two parents. If there is an abusive relationship to begin with, or a relationship where there is not a balance of emotional power between …
IMPACT OF GASLIGHTING The impact of repeated, subtle power manipulations causes significant self-doubt. After a while, people who experience that kind of emotional trauma react as if they have been traumatized. They do become sensitivento any kind of comments that causes self-doubt to an already fragile emotionalbstructure. They do act in a defensivebmanner, far out …
DEFINING CHILD CUSTODY Part II Let’s look at each of the “major” decision areas, beginning with religion. For many parents, raising their children in their particular religious beliefs and practices is very important to them as parents. Their religious beliefs are fundamental to who they are, and they want their children to share in those …
Anytime you want to know what a legal term means, you start by looking at the statute. Most areas of law start with definitions of terms at the beginning of the section. The definitions are more fully explored through appellate court rulings, but you start by looking at the statutes. Family law statutes are primarily …
I have often thought that there should a mental health category called traumatic divorce syndrome. Divorce does not have to be traumatic, but there are losses that disrupt much of what we all value as as part of our family lives. Here are what I hear from clients as the top five things that cause …
Even those of us who are in the over 40 age category have latched onto electronic communications. We go on vacation and keep up with what’s happening at home through Facebook, and let everyone know every stop that we are making along the way. And text messages — they are so easy, and a great …
We all know people that seem to thrive on pushing everything to the next level. Some people would rather be a big part of the problem than a small part of the solution. If you are going through a divorce, every interaction with your spouse may seem to be a conflict, and you may regard …
When you are in the process of physically separating, and legally divorcing, you have a hard time telling your close friends, your family and other people that might need to know about what is happening in your life. It’s even harder to tell your children in a way that makes sense to them, doesn’t overly …