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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I overcame it with individual therapy, and leaving my husband.[/quote]
+1 but somebody recommended Emily Cook in Bethesda on here for abuse issues, and I called to talk to her yesterday (STBX not accepting divorce well). She sounded really on it, so individual or together with her might be an option. I wish we found her sooner. Most therapists are badly equipped for abuse and end up making well-adjusted abusers and revictimizing the victim, IME. Maybe she could not have saved our marriage because he still won't fully face it, but I would have felt emotionally mugged in counseling less often along the way, I think. Good luck, OP. And I know I recommend this like broken record, but get Patricia Evans's books and Lundy Bancroft's books. Lundy's Should I Stay or Should I Go is my constant reference guide, but he has others if you are not thinking in such stark terms yet. These things take time and effort to improve. Sounds like you might have a shot if it has been a noticeable change and now improvement rather than something he's always done, but I don't have a crystal ball. I just know that was not my situation. Very best of luck and hugs to you.[/quote]

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