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Are you looking for the best emotional abuse support groups online? Here’s what you need to know.

1. Does The Online Emotional Abuse Support Group Have Other Resources?

The best emotional abuse support groups online have educational resources like a podcast, workshops, or even quizes to help you understand exactly what’s happening to you.

For example, did you know there are over 19 different types of emotional abuse? Take our free emotional abuse test to see if you’re experiencing any of the 19 types.

2. DoEs The Online Emotional Abuse Support Group Cover All Types of Emotional Abuse?

If the support group doesn’t understand betrayal trauma, which is trauma resulting from emotional abuse caused by infidelity and deceit, then the group may not meet your needs.

3. Does the Support Group Meet Multiple Times a Day in ALL Time Zones?

There’s no telling when your husband will be emotionally abusive. When something happens and you need support right away, consider attending a Betrayal Trauma Recovery Group Session for emotional abuse. Check out the Group Session schedule.

4. Does The Emotional Abuse Support Group Actually Help You Get To Emotional Safety?

A lot of support groups blame you for what’s going on. At Betrayal Trauma Recovery, we never victim blame. Instead, we help victims figure out exactly what’s going on and what to do next through our Living Free Workshop.

Transcript: Here’s What Makes The Best Emotional Abuse Support Groups Online

Anne: I have Elizabeth Estabrooks, MSW on today’s episode. She’s a writer, speaker, author with subject matter expertise on survivors of personal violence gained during her nearly 30 year career. She holds a bachelor’s degree in gender studies and political science from Eastern Oregon University and a master of science and social work from Columbia University. From 2021 to 2022, she was appointed to the VA National Domestic Violence Task Force.

The secretary’s task force on inclusion, diversity, equity and access. The VA Sexual Assault Prevention Committee and the National Gender Policy Council Work Group. Her book, Broken in the Stronger Places: From Resilience to Resourcefulness is a memoir that spends her life from joining the military through her exit from the VA and the one year solo healing road trip that followed.

Welcome, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth: Thank you so much. I appreciate you having me here, Anne.

Anne: Were you in the military before you became a domestic violence expert?

Elizabeth: Yes, I was in the military. It was post Vietnam. They had done away with the draft. And there had been a lot of changes. [00:04:00] Women have been serving since the American Revolution. But a lot of people are unaware, for a long time only 2% of the military could be women and they couldn’t be officers. There was a lot they couldn’t do. For black women, it was even worse. WASPs were the Women’s Air Service Pilots.

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