The Quicksand Model®: Why Abuse and Violence Need a New Framework

Coercive Control 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.

Targeted & Entrapped: Understanding the Quicksand Model® of Coercive Control

Targeted and Entrapped

Introduction to The Quicksand Model® of Coercive Control The Quicksand Model® of Coercive Control, developed by (me) Kate Amber and utilized by End Coercive Control USA, is a survivor-centered, trauma-informed framework that explains the layered tactics and strategies coercive controllers use to entrap and dominate their targeted victims. This model categorizes coercive control tactics and […]