“It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.” - Herman Hesse

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Domestic violence is the patterned and repeated use of coercive and controlling behavior to limit, direct, and shape a partner’s thoughts, feelings and actions. An array of power and control tactics is used along a continuum in concert with one another.- (Almeida & Durkin 1999, p. 313)