To get help to change your behaviors, call the 10 to 10 Helpline at 877-898-3411 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. MT.Friends, family, and professionals who want to help someone stop harming their partner are also encouraged to call.
Learn about abuse, power and control, warning signs, and more:
What is Relationship Violence?
Relationship violence – or domestic violence – is a pattern of violent, neglectful, or threatening behaviors used by one individual in a relationship to maintain power and control over another person in a current or former intimate or dating relationship.
Power & Control
At the core of relationship violence, power and control is the ability of a person to limit another person’s capacity to change the circumstances of their life by limiting their options.
Relationship violence includes both physical and sexual violence, but also extends to other forms of abuse including – stalking, emotional, verbal, financial, digital, spiritual and reproductive abuse.
Relationship violence is rarely as obvious as a black eye, scratch, or bruise. There are several warning signs, however, that could indicate an abusive relationship.