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Coercive Control Resources

Resources for Targets of Coercive Control & Professionals who Serve Them

Below is a curated list of resources for domestic abuse, domestic violence and coercive control. Whether you are a survivor of coercive control or a professional working to end coercive control, you can use these coercive control resources to facilitate #SystemicTransformation!
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ECCUSA does not officially endorse any of the following resources, nor do we agree 100% with everything contained within them. Please use your own discretion in selecting and utilizing them. These are not paid links. (Updated March 4, 2025)
Artificial Intelligence for Domestic Violence & Coercive Control:
AIMEE Says: Artificial Intelligence in domestic abuse, domestic violence & coercive control / Streamline your communications for co-parenting with abusers and coercive controllers
Immediate Assistance:
Legal Services for Crime Victims: NVRDC (Network for Victim Recovery of DC)
Free Legal Advice: womenslaw.org
Yesterday's Gone: Healing Workbook
Yesterday's Gone: Support Groups
 Reclamation Collective: Holding space for folks navigating religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and adverse religious experiences.
 Seek Then Speak: Victim-Centered Trauma-Informed Sexual Assault Reporting App (Alternative to Law Enforcement)
 The New Evangelicals: Inclusive, Diverse, Respectful, Accountable, Curious & Jesus-Centered Community
Ally Guide: Safe & Together Institute
Ask Aimee: Domestic Violence & Coercive Control AI
Your Life Counts: Survivors of Coercive Control in Crisis
 Alienation Industry Class Action Law Suits: Join This Lawsuit to Combat Systemic Coercive Control of children within the Alienation Industry and through Reunification Camps
No More: Global Directory of Domestic and Sexual Violence Support Services
 Survivor Sanctuary: Me Too International - Digital Healing Journey for Survivors of Sexual Assault
EMDR Inc.: EMDR Therapists, Training and Information
Victim's Rights Law Firm: Carrie Goldberg
African American Mental Health Providers: Culturally Competent Therapists
Domestic Shelters: Domestic Violence Shelters & Resources
 The Recovery Village: A web resource that provides information and support to people fighting domestic abuse, mental illness and addiction
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Suicide Prevention Action Center
 CT Paid Leave: Navigate financial impacts relating to your own illnesses, caring for sick family members, and escaping domestic abuse (Connecticut residents).
 Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence: For Legal Assistance to obtain a Domestic Violence/Coercive Control Restraining Order in CT.
BIPOC Therapists: Culturally Competent Therapists
Red Flags Chart: For easy reference to determine if you are being abused, and in what ways.
TalkingWise Support Facebook Group: Support for communication and healthy relationships.
The Reset Program: For healing trauma
Help for African Americans: Grants and Financial Assistance Programs in the US by State
Hope In Hell: Survivor support in Canada
Technology Facilitated Abuse Detection & Tools: Refuge for Women & Children Against Domestic Violence
Economic Abuse & Coerced Debt: Surviving Economic Abuse
Childbirth Injury Resources: Birth Injury Justice Center
PTSD Resources: PTSD Specialized Care & Supportive Services
Cerebral Palsy Guide: ADA & Disabilities Guide
PTSD & Addiction: Ambrosia Behavioral Health Treatment Center
For Domestic Violence & Child Abuse Professionals: Cultivating Emotional Well-Being
Fair Fight Rules: Woody Schuldt, LMHC
Free Guide for Protective Parents: Key Questions for Hiring Therapists or Court Professionals
Coercive Control Web Sites:
The Women's Coalition: The Power to Keep & Protect
Stalking Resources: Stalking Prevention Awareness & Resource Center
Parental Alienation History Video: National Safe Parents Organization
Anti-Racism Training: Michelle Cassandra Johnson
Legislation, Support & Networking: National Safe Parents Organization
Legislation: Kayden's Korner
Legislation: Greyson's Choice
Safe & Together Institute: (Friend’s and Family Guide for assisting Survivors)
 Family Court Anti-Corruption Coalition - join others navigating coercive control and abuse in the family court system
 Cult Recovery 101 - Cult Recovery, cult counseling, cult professionals, mental health professionals with cult recovery experience, former cult member counseling, cult recovery therapists, experienced cult recovery counseling.
Florin/Roebig Trial Attorneys: Sexual Assault Guide
Spot A Spider: Dr. Amy Saltzman: Coercive control education videos for children
 Battered Mothers Custody Conference: For mothers attempting to protect their children from abusive coercive controllers in family court custody cases.
Hague Mothers Campaign: For mothers and children who are fleeing abusive relationships
 Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury: Resources for Traumatic Brain Injury & Strangulation
 National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health: Substance Use Coercion and Mental Health Coercion
Freedom To Learn: Vote. Be. Protest. Love. Choose
 Center for Institutional Courage: Holding institutions accountable for abuse and coercive control
 Safe Futures: Domestic Violence and Coercive Control Resources in Connecticut
 Coercive Control Therapy & Consulting: Jennifer Parker Coercive Control Therapist
Living Cult Free: Empowering & Educating Cult Survivors & Advocates
Coercive Control, Domestic Abuse & Family Court Research:
SHERA Research Group: Leading Global, Innovative Research into the Health, Social, Human
 Hague Mothers: Academic Research Articles on Domestic Abuse, Coercive Control, Protective Parenting, Parental Alienation, Legislation & Family Court
Coercive Control Programs & Other Helpful Resources:
Safe & Together Institute: Training at the intersection of Domestic Violence & Child Abuse
What is coercive control?: Article by LISA FONTES PHD
Discovery Institute: Equine Therapy
Donation Opportunities:
Small Steps 4 Hannah: Donate to HALT coercive control and domestic abuse
Justice Defense Fund: Holding Sexual Abusers Accountable
DVLEAP: Legal Help for Domestic Abuse Victims
LOVE146: Ending Human Trafficking
ECCUSA
COERCIVE CONTROL VIDEOS
Kate Amber PgCert: The PsychoSocial Quicksand Model™ of Coercive Control - Video One
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EXPERTS & COLLEAGUE VIDEOS
NSW Government Coercive Control Video
Evan Stark on the Coercive Control of Children:
Jackson Katz: Violence against women -- it's a men's issue
Jim Kwik: Wipe out negative thoughts and limiting beliefs
Emma Katz on the Coercive Control & Domestic Abuse:
Christine Cocchiola: Understanding Coercive Control
Dr. Sandra Brown on Cognitive Dissonance & Super Traits:
Dr. George Simon on Understanding Manipulation:
The Psychopath Next Door:

COERCIVE CONTROL & DOMESTIC ABUSE RESEARCH

Family Court & Custody
Adverse Childhood Experiences, False Allegations, & Custody Research
SAFE & TOGETHER INSTITUTE: Ensuring The Voice Of The Child Is Heard, And Child’s Best Interests Are Considered In Domestic Abuse Cases
MEIER ET AL. (2019): Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Parental Alienation and Abuse Allegations
JOAN MEIER (2020): U.S. child custody outcomes in cases involving parental alienation and abuse allegations: what do the data show?
JOAN MEIER (2009): A Historical Perspective on Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation
ELENA ANDREOPOULOS & ALISON WEXLER (2022): The “solution” to parental alienation: A critique of the turning points and overcoming barriers reunification programs
MADELYN MILCHMAN,ROBERT GEFFNER, & JOAN MEIER: Ideology and Rhetoric Replace Science and Reason In Some Parental Alienation Literature and Advocacy: A Critique
STEPHANIE DALLAM & JOYANNA SILBERG (2016): Recommended treatments for “parental alienation syndrome” (PAS) may cause children foreseeable and lasting psychological harm
SAUNDERS, FALLER & TOLMAN (2012): Child Custody Evaluators’ Beliefs About Domestic Abuse Allegations: Their Relationship to Evaluator Demographics, Background, Domestic Violence Knowledge and Custody/Visitation Recommendations
ACE STUDY: Research on Adverse Childhood Experiences reveals long-term detrimental physical health impacts of abuse and neglect on children. This study provides proof that placing children into the custody of abusers and/or coercive controllers increases children's risk for mental and physical health problems, addictions and even reduced lifespan.
ACE RESOURCES & TALKING POINTS
CDC: Essentials for Parenting Teens
EMMA KATZ (2019): Coercive Control, Domestic Violence, and a Five-Factor Framework: Five Factors That Influence Closeness, Distance, and Strain in Mother–Child Relationships
LISA ARONSON-FONTES (2005): Child Abuse and Culture
CHAMPION (2022): Coercion in families and child resistance to contact with a parent after family separation
Thought Reform
Tactics of Thought Reform & Coercive Control
ROBERT LIFTON: Thought Reform & The Psychology of Totalism
ALBERT BIDERMAN: Biderman's Chart of Coercion
STEVE HASSAN: The BITE Model of Authoritarian Control: Undue Influence, Thought Reform, Brainwashing, Mind Control, Trafficking and The Law
JANJA LALICH: Cults & Coercion
MARGARET SINGER & MARSHA ADDIS: Cults, Coercion & Cotumely
ROD DUBROW-MARSHALL: Cult Consequences
GERRETTE BUGLION: An Everyday Cult
RYAN & LUKE HART: Remembered Forever
NEIL VAN LEEUWEN: Sleights of mind: What the neuroscience of magic reveals about our brains.
GILLIE JENKINSON PHD: Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse: A Workbook for Recovery and Growth
LISA ARONSON-FONTES: Abuse that's hard to recognize: Coercive Control
Coercive Control
Coercive Control & Domestic Abuse
DELGARNO ET AL: ‘Swim, swim and die at the beach’: family court and perpetrator induced trauma (CPIT) experiences of mothers in Brazil 2024
DELGARNO ET AL: Health-related experiences of family court and domestic abuse in England: A looming public health crisis 2024
DELGARNO ET AL: ‘Let’s excuse abusive men from abusing and enable sexual abuse’: child sexual abuse investigations in England’s private family courts 2024
DR EMMA KATZ: Domestically Violent Men Describe the Benefits of Abusing Women and Children
SUSAN SCHECHTER: Women and Male Violence: The Visions and Struggles of The Battered Women's Movement
DR EMMA KATZ: Domestically Abusive Men Describe WHY They Criticize Women's Mothering
EVAN STARK: Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life
DR EMMA KATZ: Why Coercive Control Gets Worse During Pregnancy, Childbirth and Breastfeeding
LISA ARONSON-FONTES: Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship
EMMA KATZ: Coercive Control in Childrens' and Mothers' Lives
JANE MOCKTON-SMITH: In Control - Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder
SANDRA BROWN & JENNIFER YOUNG: Women Who Love Psychopaths
DR EMMA KATZ: The REASON BEHIND Abusive Men's Regime of Control
GEORGE SIMON: In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: International Responses to Economic Abuse
CENTER FOR PARTNERSHIP SYSTEMS:
LOHMANN ET AL: The Trauma and Mental Health Impacts of Coercive Control: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2023
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