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What Verbal Abuse Is
This site is dedicated to the recognition and prevention of verbal abuse in homes, schools and workplaces. Verbal abuse includes withholding, bullying, defaming, defining, trivializing, harassing, interrogating, accusing, blaming, blocking, countering, diverting, lying, berating, taunting, putting down, edifying, discounting, threatening, name-calling, yelling and raging.

Become Aware
The Verbal Abuse web site ushers in a new millennium of increased awareness. It reflects our growing knowledge of verbal abuse--one of the worst forms of abuse anyone can experience in any ongoing relationship or association. It serves as a link to resources and information about verbal abuse. The site will grow and change as we gather information. Indeed, it was only as recently as 1992 that verbally abusive relationships were named and described.

Contribute
We invite you to contribute to our collective knowledge and resources. If you have a resource that you think should be included on the Verbal Abuse site, please let us know.

Explore
Explore the site by clicking on items of interest in the navigation bar above. Some will give you drop-down menus with new choices.
Announcement:
A new site: Men Ending Verbal Abuse and Control has been created for men seriously trying to change.
To see it please go to http://mevac.proboards.com
Mack, who created the site, says: “There is hope for you! Finding out that you are a verbal abuser and controller is a bit like falling down the rabbit hole. Your entire reality is shaken to the core. To find out that your relationships are broken, that those around you are frightened by you, that something is horribly wrong with you and the way you view and communicate with the world is a very scary and life changing event....We will help you. Once you have accepted the truth and began to walk down the right road to reforming yourself you will begin to find out that real relationships based on trust, respect and love are so much more rewarding.”
Announcement: Barbara Bentley’s story was featured on DATELINE NBC on Sunday, June 7, 2009.  The hour-long show was based on her book “A Dance with the Devil: A True Story of Marriage to a Psychopath” and the NBC feature was titled “The Years of Living Dangerously.” To find out if it will be re-run go to her site www.adancewiththedevil.com .