Ep. 221 | Why Do People Stay With Their Abusers?

Melissa Garner is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who specializes in assisting women in recovering from trauma & toxic relationships. In this episode, we’ll briefly discuss how people end up in these kinds of relationships, paint a picture of types of abuse & the reasons people stay, create a safety plan & how to support those in abusive relationships. We also address when the female partner is the abuser.If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 15: THE IMPORTANCE OF BOUNDARIES & SELF-CARE IN RELATIONSHIPSGuest: https://www.facebook.com/selfcare.selfhaven/ | https://www.self-haven.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/self_haven/ | https://www.thehotline.org/  Host:  https://www.meredithforreal.com/  | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/  | [email protected] | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal  | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovertSponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/Request to join my private Facebook Group, MFR Curious Insiders: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BAt3bpwJC/Follow me in all the places:https://www.meredithforreal.com/  https://www.instagram.com/the_curiousintrovert/ [email protected]://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal https://www.facebook.com/curiousintrovert