Abuse is a pattern of behavior used by one person to gain and maintain power and control over another. The most common examples are childhood abuse, sexual and domestic abuse. Sexual abuse of a child can happen at the hands of the father, uncle, cousin, house-help or even by a trusted family friend and makes the child feel helpless to stop the abuse. This leads to low self-esteem, relationship issues and anger issues in adulthood.
Emotional abuse, also known as Psychological abuse, involves any behavior directed towards hurting another person emotionally. This can take the form of yelling, threats, humiliation and shaming. Another common form is physical abuse, also known as domestic violence, where physical activity is designed to harm another person physically like slapping, punching, hair-pulling and kicking.
If you are a victim of any kind of abuse or know someone who might be, hypnotherapy is very effective in helping survivors to restructure their memories of abuse to give them a greater sense of control and in addressing painful feelings.
