The Quicksand Model®: Why Abuse and Violence Need a New Framework
Coercive control is the fire. Physical violence is the alarm. We have built entire systems around detecting the alarm while the fire burns across intimate partner abuse, child abuse, human trafficking, gang violence, spiritual abuse, and sexual abuse. It is time we learned to respond to both.
Coercive Control Is the Fire. Physical Violence Is the Fire Alarm.
Coercive control is the fire. Physical violence is the alarm. We have built entire systems around detecting the alarm while the fire burns across intimate partner abuse, child abuse, human trafficking, gang violence, spiritual abuse, and sexual abuse. It is time we learned to respond to both.
When the Mirage Is Revealed: Trump, DARVO, and the Quicksand Model® of Coercive Control
As an expert in coercive control and the creator of The Quicksand Model®, I’ve spent years teaching professionals and survivors alike how to recognize the patterns of domination, gaslighting, and narrative manipulation that define coercive and controlling abusive power. This week, the US political landscape has provided a stark, public demonstration of these dynamics—on a […]
Three D’s of Coercive Control in Action: Double Speak, Double Down, and Double Standards in the Yemen Signal Messages Scandal
Examining How Government Officials Deploy Classic Coercive Control Tactics in the Wake of Leaked Military Communications
Coercive Control & The Double Bind of the Continuing Resolution
Coercive Control Through the Lens of The Quicksand Model®
Exposing the Insidious Nature of DARVO in the Viral Town Hall Incident
As Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of End Coercive Control USA (ECCUSA), I am deeply concerned about the recent viral video depicting a woman being forcefully removed from a town hall meeting. This disturbing incident serves as a unique systemic example of the insidious tactic known as DARVO. DARVO, one of the coercive controller’s weapons in The Quicksand […]