Emotional Abuse Is a Silent Epidemic — Especially in Parental Alienation Emotional abuse is one of the most harmful yet invisible forms of trauma a child can experience. When it takes the shape of parental alienation, where one parent manipulates a child into rejecting the other, it leaves long-lasting wounds that shape everything from identity…
The Power and Control Wheel, referenced by CAFCASS, represents different tactics used by abusers to gain power over their victims, regardless of gender.
The Power and Control Wheel serves as a visual guide to the tactics often used by abusers. Abuse itself is not limited by gender.