Grace Chatting
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Domestic Violence and Abusive Relationships Expert
Grace Chatting Quick Facts
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- Relationships, Marital Recovery, Domestic Abuse, Family Issues
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- Author of Mend It Don’t End It, Publisher & Editor of "Transform Your Life" Newsletter
- Career Focus
- Relationship Coach, Author, Speaker
Grace Chatting is a senior accredited member of the British Association of Counseling and Psychotherapy, a qualified Social Worker, Family Mediator, and a Life and Relationship Coach.
She lives and works in the UK, Spain and Ireland, teaching and empowering people to become all that they can be.
For the past 30 years Grace has immersed herself in studying all aspects of what makes people, couples and families tick. During this time she has worked with literally tens of thousands of people and has built up considerable expertise in successful couple relationships and prevention of family breakdown. She also has a high level of expertise in working with women in recovery from Domestic Violence and Abusive Relationships.
Grace condensed her success in working with couples whose marriages were breaking down, into a 10 step process, and has written the book Breakthrough to Love: A Step by Step Guide for Couples in Distress. http://amzn.to/wepD3g
So many of her clients would say "Why don't they teach this stuff in school?" and Grace agreed. The idea gradually took root and resulted in the Relationship Academy http://relationshipacademy.co.uk
Grace hopes to launch the first in a series of online video programs and Home Study Courses before the end of 2013. These will address Lessons in Relationship Essentials for Singles, Couples, and those recovering from Divorce or Domestic Abuse.
" I wish someone had taught me those things while I was young enough to make use of them! In the meantime, I hope you will find all the information necessary to build up a body of essential relationship knowledge and skills which you can pass on to your children... or grandchildren. :)"
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***Ending Cycles Of Violence: What Part Will You Play?
I recently had an email from one of my readers, who felt very irate about what he described as the "M" omission in my articles on abusive relationships. He went on to explain that although he agreed with WHAT I said about abusive relationships, in his view it had all been said before, and did nothing to address the issue of WHY there is such an epidemic of abusive relationships.
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***The Dangers of Cyber-stalking
I am a great fan of technology and all the ways it enhances our lives and businesses, however it gives rise to a particularly 21st Century phenomenon, Cyber-stalking. Cyber-stalking is defined as non-consensual communication that causes fear and alarm, where some people use the internet as a weapon to threaten and harass others. According to recent reports, it has now become more frequent than physical stalking to the point where agencies have been set up to combat this trend and to protect the vulnerable and the naive.
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***Psychopaths, Narcissists & Other Lovers by Grace Chatting
This is the first of a series of articles about psychopaths, narcissists and other lovers and the contribution they make to Intimate Partner Violence. Perhaps you are familiar with the story about the frog placed in a pan of cold water on a cooker with the heat turned up gradually. The frog will stay there until it is gradually boiled to death. The same frog, if placed straight into boiling water would immediately leap out.
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***HOW DO YOU KNOW IF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP CAN EVER CHANGE?
In the thirty plus years that I have been involved in working with either victims or perpetrators of domestic abuse, and the professionals involved with them, one of the most difficult decisions for the parties involved and for the professionals working with them is “Can this relationship ever change?
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***DOMESTIC ABUSE: Why Does She Stay?
"The psychological impact of subordination to coercive control may have many common features, whether that subordination occurs within the public sphere of politics or within the private sphere of sexual and domestic relations ...... the psychology of the victim is shaped by the actions and beliefs of the perpetrator" Judith L Herman 1992
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***10 SIGNS OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
I often see young women who are suffering from depression, as well as being unhappy (not the same thing). When we peel back the layers of their life a bit, and I ask about their relationship with their husband, often they say, "oh yes, we're fine", then they rattle on to tell me how many years they have been together, almost as if the more years it has been the more "fine" they must be.
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***PREPARING TO LEAVE AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
If you have been in an abusive relationship that appears to be getting worse, then it is better to make a plan for how to get out safely while you can think straight. Research shows that one of the times that victims of domestic abuse are most at risk is when they are leaving or have just left, so, it is important to create a safety plan in advance.. You may never need to implement your plan, but if you do, the knowledge that you have one in place will allow you to focus on getting away safely.
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For more information on Grace and her services, please visit: http://relationshipacademy.co.uk/about/
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Grace Chatting is a Psychotherapist, Relationship Coach and Author. She is available for coaching appointments by phone.
Grace is also an educator, speaker and the Founder of Relationship Academy where you will soon be able to find online courses on all aspects of relationships that were never taught at school.