by Harper West | Feb 22, 2018 | Domestic Violence
This statistic should shock: Approximately one in three adolescent girls in the United States is a victim of physical, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner.(1) I hear about these relationships all the time in therapy, from teens experiencing toxic...
by Harper West | Dec 5, 2017 | Domestic Violence
A recent shooting in a small town near my office clearly showed the cascading psychological damage of gun violence. Thousands of people were affected by this one incident, beyond the person who was killed and her partner who may now be in prison for the rest of his...
by Harper West | Nov 7, 2017 | Domestic Violence
With each mass shooting, the media struggles to explain the reasons for these attacks: Why does a Devin P. Kelley in Texas shoot up a church? Why does Stephen Paddock shoot hundreds at a concert in Las Vegas? Why did James Holmes, a neuroscience grad student, shoot up...
by Harper West | Jul 17, 2016 | Other-Blamer, Uncategorized
A blog on “What Mass Killers Really Have in Common” asserts that to prevent domestic terrorists and mass killers we should scrutinize those who commit domestic violence. It posits that it is the patriarchal attitudes these men have toward women that also cause them to...
by Harper West | Mar 6, 2014 | Domestic Violence
Anger and shame are strong emotions that we have all experienced, but there is actually a connection. Because of my experience in an abusive relationship, I saw this connection play out firsthand. I also see it in therapy patients every day. It’s clear that...
