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  1. Coercive Control: 12 Signs and How to Get Out - Healthline

    Oct 10, 2019 · Here’s a look at 12 major signs of coercive control, along with some resources that can help you get out of a bad situation.

  2. Abuse And Mental Health: What Is Coercive Control And What Are Its ...

    Aug 30, 2025 · Coercive control is a type of abusive behavior where someone uses threats, intimidation, and other methods to gain power over another person and isolate them from support systems.

  3. More Than Bruises: Recognising the Warning Signs of Coercive Control ...

    Apr 21, 2025 · Coercive control includes emotional, psychological, financial or social domination. It can happen in any type of relationship: romantic, family, friendship, or even at work.

  4. 8 Signs of Coercive Control - Psych Central

    Aug 3, 2023 · Sometimes abusive tactics in a relationship are subtle and difficult to identify, but insults, manipulation, and intimidation can all be part of what’s known as coercive control.

  5. How to Recognize Coercive Control - MentalHealth.com

    Sep 4, 2025 · Abusive relationships can involve more than physical violence and aggression. They may also include coercive control, which involves physical and verbal abuse and/or controlling behaviors …

  6. Redefining Domestic Abuse: Coercive Control - American Bar …

    Dec 16, 2025 · In the U.S., coercive control laws have been enacted in Hawaii, California, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, among other states. The author calls for more states to enact coercive control …

  7. A Guide to Coercive Control - DomesticShelters.org

    Aug 4, 2021 · A comprehensive guide to coercive control, a nonphysical tactic of abusers that controls every aspect of a victim’s life.

  8. Emotional and Psychological Abuse: Coercive control | WomensLaw.org

    Jul 14, 2025 · Coercive control is a pattern of acts and behaviors that an abuser uses to take away your freedom and to control your life.

  9. What Is Coercive Control? - Oprah Daily

    Mar 3, 2025 · Unfortunately, that’s not the case with coercive control, a form of psychological and emotional abuse where the abuser manipulates their target into behaving a certain way.

  10. Coercive control: Definition, signs, and what to do - Medical News Today

    Jun 29, 2020 · Coercive control is a form of domestic abuse, or intimate partner violence. It describes a pattern of behaviors a perpetrator uses to gain control and power by eroding a person’s autonomy …