Steps to Freedom: Escaping Intimate Control

by Don Hennessy

Overview

The Weinstein affair in Hollywood has grabbed the headlines for months. Controlling behavior, particularly of men towards women, is far more common in all walks of life than we have been led to believe.

In this easy-to-read guide, best-selling author Don Hennessy offers advice to all those dealing with violent or controlling behavior in their own lives, based on his experience of dealing with hundreds of such people in a therapeutic setting. Most important, he explains to the reader how they can throw off the shackles and live lives free from fear and intimidation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912589005
Publisher:	Liberties Press
Publication date:	08/28/2018
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,066,553
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Don Hennessy is the Director of the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency and the author of the best-selling How He Gets Into Her Head. He is a relationship counsellor who has worked for many years with women who are experiencing difficulties with abusive or controlling partners. Don has been interviewed in the Irish Independent, Irish Examiner and Irish Times, and is a regular contributor on the subject of intimate control in the broadcast media in Ireland and internationally.

Table of Contents

Part 1 1

Introduction 3

1 A new way to approach abuse 5

2 The dynamics of intimate partner abuse 9

3 The abuser: the person you meet 14

4 The effects on you 33

5 The principal components of your steps to freedom 53

Part 2 67

6 Steps 1-5: Awareness 69

7 Steps 6 to 11: Confirmation 85

8 Steps 12-15: Autonomy 106

9 Steps 16 to 20: Self-priority 121

Part 3 139

10 Practical Advice and Options 141

11 Emotional Advice and Options 153

Part 4 169

Some Concluding Thoughts about Abusers 171

Bibliography 186