Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD, has a doctorate in counseling psychology and has worked in the areas of child abuse, violence against women, challenging family issues, and cross-cultural research for over 25 years. A professor, researcher, and popular conference speaker, she teaches at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Dr. Fontes is the author of Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship as well as the professional resources Child Abuse and Culture and Interviewing across Cultures.

Contents
About This Book
I. What Is Coercive Control?
1. Introduction to Coercive Control
2. Controlling Behaviors
II. Why Coercive Control Happens
3. Why Some Men Control Their Partners in This Way
4. Why Some Women Get and Stay Involved
III. Coercive Control In Specific Populations
5. Different Gender Arrangements and Coercive Control
6. Teenage Victims of Coercive Control
IV. Ending Coercive Control
7. Are You Being Victimized?
8. Are You Staying? Expecting Change?
9. Ending the Relationship
10. Feeling Like Yourself Again: Recovering from Coercive Control
11. If Someone You Care About Is Being Victimized by Coercive Control
12. Conclusion
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