Something has changed.

Emotional Abuse can be difficult to recognize because what we see does not always tell us what it means.

A troubling incident, a change in a relationship, or conflicting accounts of what happened may deserve attention. But before deciding what a situation means, we need to understand what has actually changed—and what the evidence allows us to conclude.

ReThinking Emotional Abuse begins with asking better questions.

What is happening?

Is something different from before?

What do I actually know?

How do I know it?

What don’t I know yet?

Sometimes the most important first step isn’t finding an answer.

It’s asking a better question.

Later life can bring changes in health, independence, relationships and reliance upon others. Those changes are not evidence of abuse—but they can make understanding what is happening considerably more complicated.

A forthcoming book by Gunta Krumins

What began more than fifteen years ago as an effort to understand Emotional Abuse has become a very different book.

Behind Closed Doors asks how we can reconstruct what happened, distinguish evidence from assumption, and understand a situation before deciding what it means.

About Gunta
The story behind the work.

Resources
Information and sources of help if you are concerned about yourself or someone else.