240: Coercive Control In Relationships

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

Relationships, Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Coercive control is a seriously negative strategy introduced in some relationships. Listen to today's show to understand if you are in a coercive control relationship, and how to navigate this territory. In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include: Coercive control as a strategy for your partner to dominate others through manipulation, isolation and other toxic behaviors How to stand up to a coercive controlling partner How to determine if your partner exhibits coercive controlling behavior Changing the negative patterns and seeking professional help And much more! Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD is the author of Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship. With a PhD in Psychology, she has spent 25 years as a researcher, advocate and teacher on topics related to violence against women and children. Full show notes and episode links at: https://idopodcast.com/240 Sign up for our 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge here: 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge Join our 5 Day Couples Appreciation Challenge here: idopodcast.com/appreciation Do you want to hear more on this topic? Continue the conversation on our Facebook Group here: Love Tribe Sponsors BetterHelp:Get help on your own time and at your own pace. Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/IDO. Thrive Causemetics: Start thriving and help women in need today by going to ThriveCausemetics.com/IDO and use code IDO for 15% off your first purchase! Spark My Relationship Course: For a limited time, get access to our bonus, Mastering Money Talk In Your Marriage! Visit SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock for our special offer just for our I Do Podcast listeners! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And Take me to the place in the middle of the sun. What's going on on,
0:28.0	going on guys?
0:29.0	Hey Love Tribe, how's it going?
0:31.0	Thanks for tuning in.
0:32.0	Today we have a very, kind of a bit of a heavier show, but an important one.
0:39.0	And we talk about coercive control in relationships or just control but towards the more severe end it is abuse and abusive relationships so we welcome Dr. Lisa Fontez and she is the author of
0:55.8	Invisible Chains overcoming coercive control in your intimate relationship and
1:01.0	she has spent 25 years as a researcher, advocate, and teacher on topics
1:06.4	related to violence against women and children.
1:09.1	Yeah, and in today's show, even if you're not experiencing control in your relationship I think a lot of the
1:16.1	things we talk about can be beneficial for your relationship and kind of bring awareness to
1:20.7	how you're treating your partner and remembering to be respectful at all times in your relationship.
1:27.0	If you're listening and you are identifying that you're in an abusive relationship, please check out the links in our show notes to get professional help.
1:37.0	That's really the most important thing you could be doing and Lisa goes over kind of steps to do questions, ask herself and how to do it.
1:46.0	Enjoy today's show.
1:47.4	Today's show is brought to you by our online course, Spark My Relationship.
1:51.9	Create more passion, improve your communication, and build a stronger,
1:55.4	more intimate connection with your partner in less than 90 days. We have collaborated
1:59.8	with 15 therapists and psychologists to bring you the strategies
2:03.7	marriage therapists teach their clients.
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2:09.5	visit spark my relationship.com slash unlock. That's Spark My relationship.
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