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Beyond the Obvious: Unmasking Controlling Behaviors and Protecting Your Well-being in Relationships

I’ve sat across from countless clients in my therapy office, hearing the same heartbreaking whisper: “I never saw it coming.” ...
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Causes and Signs of Controlling Behavior

Controlling behavior occurs when a person attempts to force another person to conform to their own needs or desires through some form of manipulation. The outsized desire for control is unhealthy and ...
Rolling Out

Is your partner controlling? 3 easy ways to know

Recognizing controlling behavior in relationships can be challenging, especially when it develops gradually over time. Many controlling behaviors might initially appear as expressions of love or ...

If You're A Therapist, We Want To Know What Subtle Behaviors In Relationships Are Actually Very, Very Toxic

Size mattered very much to Haley Baylee. According to the influencer, it wasn’t the motion of the ocean — it was the size of ...
NBC New York

Is Your Partner Setting a Boundary Or Controlling Your Behavior? Here's How to Spot the Difference, According to a Relationship Therapist

Last week Sarah Brady, an ex-girlfriend of actor Jonah Hill, started posting screenshots of text messages the couple exchanged during their year-long relationship to her Instagram account. In the ...
Medical News Today

Toxic relationship: What it is and what to look for

A relationship can become toxic when one person starts to have more control than the other, and there is a breakdown in communication. Someone may start to feel pressure from their partner or partners ...
Newsweek

‘Constantly Humiliating Me:’ Woman On How She Escaped Abusive Relationship

"In the beginning," said Emmy Marie, "there was a tremendous amount of love bombing. He made me feel like he understood me better than anyone, like he loved everything about me on a deep, deep level, ...
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Coercive Control Is Domestic Violence

If you're feeling confused and dismayed by your experience with an intimate partner, you might be experiencing coercive ...

Kanye West has strict rules for wife Bianca Censori; Relationship expert lists possible reasons for West's controlling behaviour

Netizens are slamming Kanye West for controlling wife Bianca Censori's different aspects of life. However, she reportedly doesn't have an issue with it. Relationship expert sheds light on why some ...
The Daily Dot

‘You let her do all of the above—that ain’t your girl’: Woman says location sharing isn’t ‘controlling.’ Is she right?

TikTok user Myla (@mylaschulz120) posted a slideshow with her dating advice on Thursday, and it has since amassed 1.1 million views. In other videos posted to her page, Myla discusses her social life ...
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What is microcheating? TikTok trend has taken hold in the Gen Z dating scene - but a relationship expert warns it might lead to controlling behaviour in young people's ...

With new social media platforms come new dating trends - and one term that has been coined in recent years has clearly taken hold with Gen Z. 'Microcheating' is a series of small gestures - such as ...
The Conversation

‘Boundaries’ or coercive control? Experts explain how to tell the difference

Linda Dubrow-Marshall PhD is a counselling and clinical psychologist (HCPC registered) and co-founded the Re-Entry Therapy, Information and Referral Network (RETIRN/UK) which offers advice and ...